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SCISLLEIMETIG, WiL701 Leiter RSHA Amt VI
1 1E: S- wne already in SD (Amt IV, Ahwehraufgaben) in close coo-
1 tact with Heydrich when Six jnined SD ca, 136! Prebably S- wanted a high poritinn In FO) 5- impressed Six and Mahnkt as being ambitious, cold, calet-a
lating, highly intelligert •.;,
Probably Six and Schellenbarg saw each other oniy fivn Or linttmss after mid- t43; win dontaeLs were in . mid- 144 when 1ixand Schellenberg had a private dinner, at which Mahnke mul •
'present, and discussed possibility of getting a separatepeace pith the Western Allies; prneent. elvo on that occalionwas Schellenberg l s Personal Referent, CherstunebannfuehrpOberregierungsrat Dr, Schmitz, q.v.
5- believed in making use of a "brain trust" not on the Pa.-tyor Goesrnment payroll, and wished to hire Giselher tarsi tg,q,v,,for this purpose; S-'s trwory was that the "free special_stn"would be more dependable if attached to him not by offic .al butby personal bonds; U-"has no idea" as to how far Schelleiberg t $ .relation with Wirsing and other potential vibraintrunters - ' develop-
. ed; recruitment of such persons was largely left to Scheaenberalssbordimte, Luftwaffe Oberfeldrichter Schoen,q.v.Zirat net 3- ca. 417 '44 at dinner with Six and Pernowl Ref'-
1 )1 onto of Sin and S-; subject of dinner: possibility of swim-atepeace with England and US
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Soarce ate Departmen.:;Interrogation Report of FApril 30, 19464Encic.,sure to Despatch 3.1.9SECRET.go-ca: All statements t13d.9by illahnke ;marked unl:Lndicated.
?repar,ancia Invesf;igationrcnz Six and Horst 1.7,ah_rilze
Berlin, April ?JO, 1946 (Heath).
herein arc by Six (narked $),•)ss otherwise specificiaLly
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sammacm, Walton Born 1910. Worked In cocupiod Holland,inter alia-in the Oantrr.11 Department for Jenish Emigration1.motord=; • vms i3volved in the deportation of oivllians;1943 and 1944, an SS-Stam'artenfuehror and later Oborfuehror,ho uns Hoad of Dcpartnant VI (Foroign Countrios) of thoRoichasiehorhoitnhauptamt (Soeurity Polico and SD), 'with thorank of acting Oborregiorungorat; ho una promotod Brigado- .fuohror and finally Gruppanfuehror. BO nns tho "foroign .minister° of tho SS and playod a vary largo part in negotia-
tions °oncoming foruign countrios, o.g. in Switzerland. , 4
Acing the final stagos of the war ho aotod aa intomodiary;botwocri Himmlor mad Count Bornadotto; vas axtraditod from
• filmdom in JUne
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GERMANY
SCHELLFSBERG, CJa.em.A.rpt 22 March 1944
■\Head of SD activities, under KALTENBRDNNER; his position is onthe same level as HANSENIs.
Switsorland, 22 March 1944OSS (dies), Washington, 25 March 1944
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GERMANY rpt 10 January 1944
SCHELLENBERG, Col. C.--• /
Wounded in Africa; now in Sweden; seems to be oontacting Americansin connections with HIMILER'S peace proposals.
Stockholm paper Dagens Nyheter June 5 1945 states subjectarrived Sweden from Copenhagen 5 May with permission of the
g)'Swedish authorities hoping to assist Bernadotte in peace IDnegotiations/spokesman Swedish Foreign Office assertsSchelleriberg sojourning seaside resort near Stockholm wher2he moves about freely/says Allies know his whereabouts •Schellenberg reported involved in 20 July 19!4 Putsch andsaves only by his friendship with Himmler who protectedhim/called Germany's most dangerous spy
State Department Plain Cable, Stockholm, 6 June 1945
SS General; one of the officersresponsible for the Buchenwald,end Belson atrocities; hes beesSwedish e,.thorities.
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ITO Daily, 4 June 1945
SECRETBR-6
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SS Brigadefthrer and head of Amt 6 (Ausland) in theElichapicherheitshaup_at / went to Sweden on 6 May 1945to present Himmler f e peace offer to Count Bernadotte /has been handed over to the Allies by the Swedish Government,
13Eglad of Amt VI (Forcign Espionage Service)of the .,,SHA (Reichsicherheitshauotamt) isknown for the planninzi and executionof daring deeds such as the kidnapping oftwo British agents from Holland in 1940(the Venlo incident), the rescue of MuosoliAllfrom Allied imprisonment and the reported •kidnapping of Adm. Horthy.OSS XL 6572 1 January 1945
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*dtirrcabrIlts of fortr.or Torel:;n Office officinantvon sc,-7,.,1N237,XG, Dietrich - (lb) }:a1;elof bciSC Vi1IFFI;-2i (CER - Pero. z)- (16) Barfilortor
Prince .Ste-an - (23) Ranted" (01,1eriburc)4.:.I.L1-1; Walter Itn - (1S) Wie11rJen, Rindenburcallee 30
Gounsin of wife of Hqo'STIr:ES ray yoara in South Anorica /at Gorman Railroad Information Ofico in Pew York to July 1941.
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Has arriwed frosSweden and is placed under arrest.Is giving useful informatio3 on the structure of the GIS.His Chief Adm. Officer, Staf Sendberger, also apprehended.
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CC*LFIDtr-rar""m"N."4"."i"Imlliailb•SCHELLENIERG, SS Gen. 3 lay 45. Germany
It is not clear from the various reports whetherHimmlar ta assistant in his surrender negotiationa wasSS S. or Maj. Gan Winfred von der Schulenburg, who ishead of a special department for war prisoners andrelated matters.Offl - #425. 3 milY
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qlzo-,;71, Ottovon uumir-zoruiP, Otto3 T YROSIGE, Lutz Sohmorin
Emil1:A2RE, Richard 7."a1tor
Cot-:;_ob71:712TC - , Dr.Li-TE71G, Fara lief.nYich
;VUCKART, WIlholmK 7:1-PLE2, Wilholm L:T.I.XGRAC:rf von LOYLAD,• OF.Th1M1U, Erhst 3aron Ernst
• A;izi-loan -:.ar-orimca court fLn a 2:1 dcsi31,:n r .:Incu_or,7!a tocooriotion of 14 fol .mor Noni r,ovorarcnt 02ficia1n of cr17:oc r17-C;himicmity. Two defendant° c-,:x: I.kod from jail :()*!:r frood of all c:u•or.o::,They woro Otto Ooiocnor coc-eirn ),,,cretar:,- of Stato for. Yrccl'AcLifaA;foiro nod Otto von J:11-(ctIol-ff Cluty c,16,G1 o 1.o Pc-roicn MinJotry 17ad hu-n a..cv71:%1 0,2c01-c;InInot Tho rolo in
more thr.o t;lat of o Lcoacr:gr.' ';on"2.14.;;:lo
poo 2. lii:CLAS3IVIEDApril 12; 1040
Mono oonrictcd on tho cinglo owe,: of "crimps ncainnt himanity, ntrocitioa and offonaoa committed azoinst civil:An populations" wore:Lutz Schrorin von r'rosigk, forner Ninictor of FinanceEmil Puhl, Roichcbank dicoctorWalter Schollonborg, SS Conoral and intollicenco offiolhiNe7lo Rohrl, industrial p/annorLt. Gonoral Gottlob Borger, head of tho I:ain Office (SSHS) of thoOtto Diotrich, Nazi Prose Chia
Duero, 7.11LlicZA.n.of1.;.71,culturoNana
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noinrich Lemmcra, chiof of -0-) icich Choncollerywilholm Stuckart, Stnto ''ocretnr7 in tho Ilinintry of tho-IntoriorUllnund VOoccamayor, Naz4 boos of Eurgary';;A:roolm Kopplor, Ilitlor occncmc oJtricor
Guntav Adolf Stoencracht effico-Stcto• 7;)crranno, a7foaccador to ChIna
1-,r-or;t von n77:)ort:odor to tho Vnticm
Imvart pc;o '5CLASSI2nDApril 12,1S4D
ammorn rho now hao boon convictod on throo countc, becane ill t: waco:cued for modioal trontmontoItE-1- 2.z: was tho cocond conviction for;toongraoht, Borger, i.oppler, 1761v/cooker, and Woormann.
;.? Dietrich tho oou:t said " A poi-OE:tont oamPaign to arouao tho:f the Garmne ezninet the Jons . rna foetorod •0. by Dietrich. Kopplor,t-a.ro, and Kohrl wore found euilty for their part for reoettlinc con-uorod Poland with Germane.
Iribuno, April 13, 1240 rip April 13, 1040
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SCHELLENBERG
(;) Probable first names: Water Wilhelm HeinrichAdolf, Walther Wilhelm, Walter H., and Walter/Dorn 13 March 1894, Wiesbaden/ Arrived in US13 October 1929 and again an 15th October 1936. •He left US ib July 1941/ He filed Alien Regis-tration Form on 19 December 1940 and listed
r &A employment as salesman with Robt. C. Mayer 10
and Co., 30 liroadwv, NY/ Subject is reportedto have served in German Army 1914-1918 andearned a commiasi.4 ao Captain in the GermanArmy Reserve. He avnittea memoersnip inthe NaLional German Labor Party
0 in Germany (non-residcnt member); AmericanFellowship Forum (resigned summer of 1940);Deutscher Verein, NY; Downtown Athletic Club, NY/
40 ' State Department stated subject was emplpyedby the German Conaalate in New York/ ObergruppenF1hrer in SS.
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7,:ho Nuremberg iTar Crimp tribtme_l on .ktrril 14th, 12,1.9 :notedho fo11or.7ing acnt'cincoo to Toriouo officialr, o:
cocornment after having found then cullty vic.,ht diffcrcr.-%counts, (1) agzrp3oivo var, (2) COr.t-,on l'lcn of Conepiro.o; (5)
• • Fictroatnont of riconara of i7ar (4) Crinno arainot Gcraan nationa7,-. (5) A-trocitica atainat civilian ;cpulatiOna occupied corica
(G) plvrndor and spolidion (7) alavo labor, and (3) rric:6cre,hip in .c.::irrinal organizations
24211=5412MINni========SECRET.SCRELLENBERG. Walter 9 May 46.
Hog b&ea rored to CIE Bersbrock4A 398, 9 May 46, Barlin to U.S.
SCWEILLNBMC 28 Feb. 46 Oar.
One of members of Gestapo interrogated by the Dan, delegation at Nuremberg- re their activities in Denmarkduring the occupation.
BBC Dannark(Hosfe) 28 Feb. 46
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Th P sffDir of Col. 1:71g. rasson, which consisted of anIrveetirstion cf hlo ecrtects with tslther Schellan..
1 . crr, Chief of the liirelsr SS and A,-;or UJ1 Eggen.Gs-fairy officer. Ms Adlucent, hsa been drawn to ancfCicial close.Icr details of Affair lesson, see XA&SON,Roger inSalts. filas.
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SCHELLENBERG, YYR1.7F5' 30 July 45. German.
Interrogation of Subject on German, Atilt VI collabor-ation with the Japanese.
133 CCC 3'71.1/102 30 JulY 45. WD 185752.
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drat Ger•rel
Re rcet1n7 in 1944 !).et77ven Gar-rmn C,T , ncr p l nchollenbergand his edjutent LEgan r ith Swiss Gen. Sas Cullen ina hotel in kila Figleno rekr !!ern rernrding !Mts.neutrality.
ror dot/4 Ile of this aeetinF soe GU/SAN, Henri in57it y . files.
Evol-rx orb/4' 1.-feri tz-11:1-R-Gt)-4b 7L-2b779 vor 46
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scmaallamara, Walter 2 Zan.46 GERMANY?
In April 3.945, Rimier vas asked to receive a
Beedith delegate repreoehting the Jewish WorldCongros,he refused with the ronarktIlov am Iteing to do that vith raltonburnnor around?
yhould then be completely at his mercy." •remark vas made to Walter Bchellenbergs
himself, ti high Elite Guard official, parts Ofwhose affidavit were read in entErt today.
SEES ETTAILITARY TRIBUNAL (Org.fil:T/1
W7T 6 t Zan.46
SCE-21ID;R.G, 29 Aug 45. German.In the simmer of 1944, S instructed Skorzeny to dis -
c usslis an operation to assassinate Stalin with OstubafTechierscliku of Ant VI-C and Stubaf Lassig of Amt VI-F.Amt VI-C had a Russian agent who, for personal andpolitical reasons, was prepared to attempt the assassina-tion. He was an angineer Those entire family, accordingto his story, had been kiLled by the Russiana.
Thepla..n is described in this document.Skorzony considered the whole operation ianatical
said so in no uncertain terms, consequently his relation-ship with Amt VI-C and Amt VI-F were pennan .mtly impaired.
USEET/Counter-Sabotage 9. 29 Aug 45. WD 196935
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Former hood of !orelen Esplonece( Act 11)Hic financial advioor, in 7erwonal capacity, RensWilhelm Soon ems arrested in Italy thla week,
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rrigwie Leader, strted ^6 June thnt the story oftho T eas grawas at Entyn, which csured n soma..'Lion two years Apo, wns o prcv,c'nndn /Aunt atecod byOoebbeta and Ribbentrcp to er.ome a tplit between Russ-.ale end her weotern adinn, A c , ftr p rorntive reportmar reeeired fron Oslo, whore Lri* J_uAnnnen - re-oerAly rev,trit.t46 frca the 5rchnenhaueenconcentratiob camp in C^r ny - tells cn interestingstory nhout German pro' cton f frlre Juontifinationdeott-e145- f khlicrii u Lyn ezd Greiors,
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IQQNMKTILIAk :;,-E.0 ETDclisTI.AfoRG, Walter 19Jun40 Oormeny'SS Brigadefuenrar
Tomer head of foreign brana i of *ior'a SecurityWit:igeiNI:: I: komakhobT Al=1.4144=2, kigral
ND 172953A -fl 311311, mil-Lamm-a A 3472-01 AVII143
SC7iXLLENBERG, Walter 15 JUT@ 45
In company with C ount Eck, Oernadete, Welter Schel-lenberg loft Sweden in en AmerIcen plane to reportto A llied hers in Ger-Any. ahe Swedish l'oweisnkinistry said his departdre was by ai:reoent withthe Allies. Bernadotte Intende to dlsouee with thoRad C rome the mattor of brincin • p ore refoi7eesafro dad in Germany to Sweden for recatriat1on.(k1)
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Walter 5ohoI1enberr for-or ran to ...a.nrlohirrastr, who w, s a to,: or the s tory t.• :et Adolf
Hitler died frum 16Jectiure, 4.) : t . t„Irned overth• Ajjj XII a war 'ovt.
aftor hv1r ctd es r • it 7'; I - )1- t Folk•bernadotte e::
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SCH4L1.3 Its J tsae 45 GC" ANT
•spions,17* oqrvtoe, en xtrttoulartlyiait• Guard Brigadenfuehrer SehollInbrfg,onjoying temporary ssy/tio in r4edem, learned etthe Joplin 's,* attempt to brtain ecaditioaolSums:alder through Vanden* oh/its
ITTIC 811 do le June 411__coNFIDENTIAL
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SaLIZI.ENTIEIZ, TAlthar 5 June 45 G=ANT
Flito Guard Drir,,,IcloafrEr Schc11 ,!;• ihorr.;— the Latefleinrich 111.1.:raer's chief of theNa7.1 necret o'er-rico, h.iz ccccdcd in uric:ring toSwoden and no,:c is livinr, in ":,1:•cryir....e.i 1.i.lx1:-ty" inthe Stockholm sub lirb of it weedincloocri today. It le e.,--,pected e1Ljo in.,inchle conrsc, Iti.5 for 1,.ia ezctroditionas a roar cb
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Gen. of 3.5. 3che1len1>fresi-c, :isible for the 5.1cJatrooitiee hae been erre71111.rty ;foals excused ofhave :deo been arrested,
th-s off:core aireetli02IWN18.,Dacui rAstodL ctiihauL.horiGisa.colanc,rati n with the Gestapo
17 Apr. 1945.
SCP.ELLENBERGER,%NI
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taMMIMANDX44a..
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SCHELLi;JG, 4 e 4 • (:;‘rrnari5VilWii66 C'encral.One of the officers directly responsible for the
Ouchenraid, Dachau an strocities has been arrest-ed by S7edisia,authorities.FcG 1 k4. 4 J une 45.
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SCHET.LENB,TGLT. GENL. of Sicherheitsdienst
/nee card on Jean Marie Switzerland/
gully's contact with the Germans is through Lt. Genl.
Schellenberg of the Sichirhaitadienct who is liaisonofficer between the 3S and the German Forel& Office.
MUxy and Sch m llen), erz• ar;,v-ry clocc re1stion6h1p.
280WL5Euc GERMAN
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Successor to Dr. Riesenberg. 3efore 1933 an activeSoc lm who lost everything through Nazo chicanery andis therefore very bitter against the Party. Exceptionallytalented man with unusual knowledge in the field ofsocial politics and culture.CPM 6824 DIG/1113/110i — 567. 1SApr 45. VD 148506.
CICIALLIODLM, 26 July 43BricAdetuabrer)
At one tire hooded tbe office far politioal softsUrood of AMA. (ma)Mentiomed its a possible ver
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Abteilung Liii. G, was, s() to speak, merely a cloak inorder to rive a military impression to the G staffsneceaaary for Frontaufklnerung. Ille organization was:Staffel, Trupps. Training and supply as under theunitive( direction of Mil G. as was discipline.
WD 236152.
WgYM7-1SHSLI.04B`:RO, Welther Mar 45
Translati )no of statements by "Sohellenb rg" ;,bteilungVil.G. vies, so to sneak, merely a cloak in °rear to .give a milit-ry inpresoion to the G Staffs necessaryfor Prontanfklaerung. The rganitation 1,A01 Staffel,Truppe; training and eu;,nly vas under ths unifieddirection of i.C11 G. as ins discipline. The othersections d' alt with special teaks like long distancephotography, infra—red rays and special Short vases.The latter tasks mere dealt vith at Bodensee in Veers-brug by C'berstl. Xueller. alp7,7811 C-3NAR—Spain Z-1-5-46 r,D-236152 8 Jan 46
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CON F I DENTAL''S";:.-IF.T,TF.T;BRG, Walter 11 Jan 46.
Head and director e Amt VI, -Information contaimid in Liquidation Roport 6.
wn 240201
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SECRET GERMAN!'15 Lpr 1946
Chief of SD.
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esoii.ggs,octx- sEcRETWalther 27 Oct U Germ.
Berlin chief of S1cherh3its Dierert.
MAR Turay - RN 11263 - WD 7521 - 27 Oct
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cfMri/PAA,3C111iLLAFJEFt6, (i7elther) June 44 GI;i1;AHT
rhe itiLitaeriecime Ant, a n ,--7 /motion of t!'.4*Ftelahcsicherheiteheuptc ._mt which wasmade from the bulk of th-t AbT=chr when that organ-ization wee broken up in June 1944, was placed un-.dcr the pereeoaal esontrol of f3chollonborg, head of.E.5,11.3t*
