George John Dasch

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George John Dasch, 1942

George John Dasch (born February 7, 1903 in Speyer , † 1992 in Ludwigshafen ) was a German agent who landed on US soil as part of Operation Pastorius during World War II .

He helped destroy Nazi Germany's espionage program in the United States by defiling to the FBI ; nevertheless, he was sentenced to thirty years in prison for treason and espionage. In April 1948 he was pardoned and deported to the American zone of occupied Germany.

literature

  • Billy Hutter: Doppelkopp . Llux Agentur & Verlag, Ludwigshafen 2013, ISBN 978-3-938031-44-5 (biography about George John Dasch in Palatinate dialect)

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