Otto Kumenius
Otto Kumenius (born December 22, 1912 in Turku , † October 9, 1996 in Alaró , Spain ) was a Finnish intelligence officer and author.
Life
Kumenius was temporarily in command of the Finnish President's bodyguard . He worked for the Finnish secret service and headed the counter-espionage department . In September 1944, he made it possible for thousands of Finns and Estonians to escape from the port of Rauma from the approaching Red Army across the Baltic Sea to Sweden. He himself fled to Sweden to avoid being arrested by the Soviets.
In the 1950s he bought a house in Alaro on the Spanish Mediterranean island of Mallorca . He wrote a non-fiction book on counter-espionage as well as novels set in the agent milieu and ran a travel agency geared towards Scandinavian tourists.
literature
- Axel Thorer, Mallorca - Lexicon of island secrets , Hoffmann and Campe Hamburg, 2006, ISBN 978-3-455-50006-6 , page 234.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Meleri Virpi, Vastavakoilun legenda Otto Kumenius in Helsingin Sanomat, published online October 26, 1996 (Finnish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kumenius, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish secret service agent and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Turku |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1996 |
| Place of death | Alaró , Spain |