Grandfathers in the war

11-05-07, 01:48 PM

My maternal grand father served in the wehrmacht, heer,for three months before he skipped off to Switzerland and sat the war out in that country. My mothers brother (my uncle) also served in the wehrmacht, heer, and was held in a French POW camp for nine months. He was half dead when released and spent a year in hospital recuperating.

My paternal side is more interesting and some would say imfamous.
My grand father born in 1905 in Springfield , Ill, did not serve in the armed forces, too old I guess. Another paternal relative was the imfamous one.

Part of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) this fellow was in charge of the bureau that was set up to eliminate Jewish influence from German life. He brought Adolf Eichmann into the SD and worked directly for Heidricht Reinhardt. Later he worked with Himmler in the Schutzstaffel (SS).

After the war there is some evidence that he worked for the CIA (OSS), but hard to say for sure. He became a spokesman for the german FDP in early 1949 and later for the Coca-Cola Company in west germany (non-official cover for the CIA perhaps). At or about May 1960 all references to him stop. Interestingly Eichmann was captured by the Mossad on May 11, 1960.

11-05-07, 01:48 PM	#11
waste gate Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	My maternal grand father served in the wehrmacht, heer,for three months before he skipped off to Switzerland and sat the war out in that country. My mothers brother (my uncle) also served in the wehrmacht, heer, and was held in a French POW camp for nine months. He was half dead when released and spent a year in hospital recuperating. My paternal side is more interesting and some would say imfamous. My grand father born in 1905 in Springfield , Ill, did not serve in the armed forces, too old I guess. Another paternal relative was the imfamous one. Part of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) this fellow was in charge of the bureau that was set up to eliminate Jewish influence from German life. He brought Adolf Eichmann into the SD and worked directly for Heidricht Reinhardt. Later he worked with Himmler in the Schutzstaffel (SS). After the war there is some evidence that he worked for the CIA (OSS), but hard to say for sure. He became a spokesman for the german FDP in early 1949 and later for the Coca-Cola Company in west germany (non-official cover for the CIA perhaps). At or about May 1960 all references to him stop. Interestingly Eichmann was captured by the Mossad on May 11, 1960. Last edited by waste gate; 11-05-07 at 01:58 PM.