Rudolf von Schelia (sometimes in Russian spelling - von Schelich ) ( German: Rudolf von Scheliha ; ( May 31, 1897 , Zessel village, Silesia , German Empire , now Cesle, Poland - December 22, 1942 , Berlin , Germany ) - Baron, German diplomat, Soviet intelligence agent (operational pseudonym Aryan ).
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Date of Birth | May 31, 1897 |
Place of Birth | Zessel village, Silesia , German Empire |
Date of death | December 22, 1942 (45 years) |
Place of death | Berlin , Germany |
Citizenship | Germany |
Occupation | diplomat |
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Biography
He studied at the universities of Breslau and Heidelberg, received a law degree. The participant of the First World War of 1914-1918, was awarded the Iron Cross of the 1st and 2nd class, a silver medal for injury. From 1922 in the diplomatic service: he was attache in Prague , Ankara , vice-consul in Katowice . In 1930 he was transferred to Warsaw . Member of the Nazi Party since 1933. From August 1939, he worked in the central office of the German Foreign Ministry, headed the group “Departments for Territorial Sectors”, which included the regions of Central and Eastern Europe.
Work on Soviet intelligence
In 1937, while working at the German embassy in Warsaw, he was recruited by Soviet military intelligence. Tried to help his Jewish and Polish friends; while working on a material basis [1] . He maintained contact with the Center through the agent Alto ( Ilse Stöbe ). He delivered valuable information of a political nature to Moscow, in particular, at the end of December 1940, he announced the development of Directive 21 (the plan for an attack on the USSR, better known as Barbarossa ).
In 1942, the Gestapo arrested a messenger sent by Moscow to Shelia, and through him came on the Aryan himself. During interrogations, Shelia issued Shtebe , who had already been arrested by that time. He was convicted of treason and executed.
Notes
- ↑ ... von Shelikh was more of a mercenary than an intelligence officer for ideological reasons. In February 1938, the Fourth Directorate transferred six and a half thousand dollars to a von Shelikh account in a Zurich bank — one of the largest sums paid to a Soviet agent in the interwar period. K. Andrew, O. Gordievsky. "KGB. History of foreign policy operations from Lenin to Gorchabev. M .: Nota Bene, 1992. P.256.
Literature
- Fascism and anti-fascism. Encyclopedia. M., Terra, 2008;
- Gladkov T. King of illegals. M., Gaia Iterum, 2000;
- Sahm ulrich. Rudof von Scheliha 1897–1942. Ein deutscher Diplomat gegen Hitler, Verlag CH München: Beck, 1990.