List of German spies

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The following is a list of people engaged in spying for Germany.

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Pre-WWI

World War I

NameBasedArrestedNotes
Heinrich Albert Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Karl Boy-Ed Flag of the United States.svg  United States Naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington
Wilhelm Canaris Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Anton Dilger Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Fritz Joubert Duquesne Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Robert Fay Flag of the United States.svg  United States 24 October 1915
Walter von Gerich Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Horst von der Goltz Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Kurt Jahnke Flag of the United States.svg  United States Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Carl Hans Lody Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2 October 1914
Mata Hari Flag of France.svg  France 13 February 1917
Karl Moor Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 13 February 1917
Walter Nicolai Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Associated with Mata Hari
Oskar von Niedermayer Flag of Afghanistan (1901-1919).svg Afghanistan
Franz von Papen Flag of the United States.svg  United States Naval attaché to the German embassy in Washington
Alexander Parvus Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire
Bolo Pasha Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844-1922).svg  Ottoman Empire Flag of the United States.svg  United States 29 September 1917
Franz von Rintelen Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Otto von Rosen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Elsbeth Schragmüller Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Jules C. Silber Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Worked as chief censor in United Kingdom
Felix A. Sommerfeld Bandera de la Tercera Republica Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.svg Mexico
Gustav Steinhauer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Despina Storch Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 18 March 1918
Maria de Victorica Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21 April 1918
Wilhelm Wassmuss Persian Gulf * Persia 21 April 1918
Lothar Witzke Flag of the United States.svg  United States * Bandera de la Tercera Republica Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.svg Mexico

Interwar period

NameBasedArrestedNotes
Norman Baillie-Stewart UK20 March 1933A WWI veteran who spied for Germany between the wars. Sentenced to five years, he was released from prison on 20 January 1937 and moved to the Continent. He received German citizenship, and was complicit with the broadcasts of Lord Haw Haw.
Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe USAMarch 1941A European aristocrat and German sympathizer, she operated in UK before fleeing to San Francisco in 1939. She was not active in USA beyond questioning by American authorities.

World War II

Post WWII

NameBasedArrestedNotes
Carola Stern BerlinHead of Amnesty International, political writer and supporter of detente.
Carlos Penate
Joairam Domingo

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