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Oscar MANTEL, alias MANDEL, Otto or Max TELLMAN: German. He left Germany for the...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/308
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This record is about the Oscar MANTEL, alias MANDEL, Otto or Max TELLMAN: German. He left Germany for the... dating from 1944 Aug 31-1945 Mar 07 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/308
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1944 Aug 31-1945 Mar 07
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Oscar MANTEL, alias MANDEL, Otto or Max TELLMAN: German. He left Germany for the United States in 1927. After his return in 1941, he worked for the Abwehr in various capacities, including a spell in Paris talent-spotting likely agents among American prisoners of war. He was eventually sent to the United States by submarine in 1944 to act as paymaster and controller of the prisoner-of-war recruits returned to the United States as Abwehr agents. His submarine was sunk by the U.S. Navy and he was arrested.
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- With 8 photographs
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 600306
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- Public Record(s)
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- Open Document, Open Description
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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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