Horst Essel person

“which we talked about at the very beginning. In particular, there was a Horst Essel, I-S-S-E-L, group commander. The Peter Group had operated in Denmark and in concert with the Danish collaborators where it conducted clearing murders, pinpo…”

“The leadership of the group transferred to Horst Essel. Essel had served in the Reich Main Security Office, which was basically Skorzeny's higher headquarters when he was in the German military. He would remain head of the Peter Group until…”

“The leadership of the group transferred to Horst Essel. Essel had served in the Reich Main Security Office, which was basically Skorzeny's higher headquarters when he was in the German military. He would remain head of the Peter Group until…”

“Essel was mysteriously brought into U.S. intelligence operations immediately after the war. The details about how this happened are sketchy, but after escaping from Denmark, Essel first managed to evade capture. Then around 1948, by unknown…”

“for the British arrested him in Berlin in 1949, not realizing his undercover status with Galen. ISIL told the British that he was working for the Americans, but when the British went to the U.S. Army counterintelligence, which wasn't the sa…”