Fritz Kolbe person
also: Kolbe, Colby
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Fritz Kolbe, an efficient Foreign Service official who kept rising to higher posts in the German government despite his stubborn refusal to join the Nazi party, was another mole who risked his life to give the U.S. insights into German oper…
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After the first meeting with the American spy, Colby drew up his will. He also left Dulles a letter for his young son in case he was caught and killed. Dulles was untouched by the request. The OSS agent sized him up as somewhat naive and ro…
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During another meeting with Dulles in April of 44, Colby handed over a thick file of Nazi cables revealing the Hungarian Jews who had remained were about to be rounded up and deported to the labor camp, death camps in Germany. Dulles' repor…
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that he had discussed with Colby. Underground communist organizing seemed to be gaining strength in Germany as the Nazi war effort faltered. Colby had informed the U.S. agent. This was the emergency that Dulles thought FDR needed to hear ab…
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One German cable reported that 120 Jews in Budapest, including children considered unfit for work, would soon be taken to a quote-unquote labor service. The Nazis were always very careful to use labor service in their communication, meaning…