German Spy Houses in the US

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German Spy Houses in the US

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Post by Brig » 06 Jun 2003, 04:55

I know a guy who once bought a house, many, many years ago, and it had previously been used by the Germans in WWII as a spy house. When he bought it, the original gate was still up and everything. Unfortunately, he exchanged it. He did nothing else, sold it, and then recently met up with the owners. Nothing was ever done major to this house. So, I am attempting to get permission to poke around. Never know, might find some radio equipment in the attic or barn or something. Anyway, my question is, does anyone know of any other German spy houses in the US? How were they operated out of? Procedures, habits, etc, etc?

Curiosity and interest on the entire aspect has suddenly come to me.

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Post by Redbaron1908 » 06 Jun 2003, 04:58

I don't know of any spy houses in the US but in the Schellenberg memoris I belive he mentions that there was a house off sapa flow that they used to know when ships came and left.


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Post by Brig » 06 Jun 2003, 05:00

I'm not sure what the purpose of this spy house was, but it had to do with radio transmissions or something of the sort

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Post by Jacky Kingsley » 06 Jun 2003, 21:00

What happened to the spies? Were they a couple posing as married people? Were they shot?

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Post by Brig » 06 Jun 2003, 21:02

naw, they were a group of I think 3 or 5 guys, and I think they were pretending to have rented the house in sections as apartments. I know they were arrested, dunno what happened, gotta look into it

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Post by DarExc » 06 Jun 2003, 23:08

No doubt they were hung.

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Post by Brig » 06 Jun 2003, 23:44

hmm...I'm not sure that's legal or was then either in PA

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to suspend by the neck until dead -- often hanged in the pa

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Post by Geheime Feldpolizei » 24 Jun 2003, 02:16

DarExc wrote:No doubt they were hung.
Hang: to suspend by the neck until dead -- often hanged in the past; often used as a mild oath <I'll be hanged> :D

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