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Herbert TRIBUTH: German. Born in South Africa, TRIBUTH belonged to a special unit...
Catalogue reference: KV 2/1451
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This record is about the Herbert TRIBUTH: German. Born in South Africa, TRIBUTH belonged to a special unit... dating from 1940 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- KV 2/1451
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jan 01 - 1947 Dec 31
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Herbert TRIBUTH: German. Born in South Africa, TRIBUTH belonged to a special unit of the German army controlled by the Abwehr. He was trained as a sabotage agent and in 1940 he and a companion, Dieter Gartner, were sent by boat from Brest to Ireland with explosives, with the aim of reaching England, but were arrested on arrival by the Irish authorities. TRIBUTH was repatriated to Germany after the war
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- Serial 7a: 2 photographs
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- PF 51529
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- Public Record(s)
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- Retained Until 2004
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11190802/
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KV 2
The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files
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