Hans Bernd Gisevius ( German: Hans Bernd Gisevius , July 14, 1904 , Arnsberg - February 23, 1974 , Mülheim , Germany ) is a German police officer and the Abwehr of the German army, one of the active participants in the conspiracy against Adolf Hitler .
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| Date of Birth | June 14, 1904 |
| Place of Birth | Arnsberg , Germany |
| Date of death | February 23, 1974 (69 years old) |
| A place of death | Mülheim , Germany |
| Citizenship |  Weimar Republic  Third Reich |
| Nationality |  German Empire |
| Occupation | policeman |
Content
- 1 Years before World War II
- 2 In World War II
- 3 After the Second World War
- 4 Memory of Gisevius
- 5 Bibliography
- 6 References
Years before World War II
Born into a noble Prussian family of an officer. He was educated at home, then at law school. In 1933 he entered the service in the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Prussia and soon moved to the Gestapo department. He maintained close friendships with Hjalmar Schacht , Hans Oster , Arthur Neb . He came to the conclusion about the danger that the prospect of a war on two fronts could lead to Germany and became an opponent of the aggressive foreign policy of the Nazis. He was an opponent of militarism.
In World War II
During the Polish campaign of 1939, he joined the Abwehr as a Sonderführer , under the command of Admiral Canaris , who was also Hitler's secret opponent. Canaris sent him to serve as vice consul at the German consulate in Zurich , where Gizevius made contacts with representatives of the Vatican and Allen Dulles in 1943. On his return from Switzerland, Gizevius fell under the suspicion of the Gestapo, but after lengthy interrogations he was nevertheless released.
Learning about the failure of the military’s anti-Nazi uprising on July 20, 1944 and realizing the inevitability of the arrest, Gisevius hid in the house of his bride, a Swiss citizen Gerda Vog, and secretly moved to Switzerland in 1945 before the war ended, where he surrendered to the Swiss authorities.
After World War II
Gizevius was one of the key witnesses at the Nuremberg trials , testified against Hermann Goering and other leaders of Nazi Germany, while defending Wilhelm Frick and Yalmar Schacht .
In the early 1950s, he lived briefly in the USA , but then returned to Europe and until his death he lived in Germany or Switzerland.
Gisevius Memory
In modern Germany, Gizevius is considered one of the most prominent figures of anti-Nazi resistance.
Bibliography
- Finker K. Conspiracy July 20, 1944. The case of Colonel Stauffenberg. M., 1975.
Links
- Biography (inaccessible link)
- Biography (German)