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German civilian served with Abwehr in Germany, France and Romania, 1940-1945
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REEL 1 Background in Germany and GB, 1933-1940: anti-Nazi stance of parents; family; childhood; contact with Jewish civilians; help given by father to emigrating Jews; education in GB and Germany; memories of family and friends; reason for education in GB; desire to wear Star of David; background to obtaining work with Abwehr. Recollections of period as civilian with Abwehr in Germany, France and Romania, 1940-1945: posting to Paris after occupation; courier work taking passports to Jews; work on records relating to visits to Spain by Admiral Wilhelm Canaris; safe officers in Abwehr and contact with them; life in German- occupied Paris; details of posting in Romania.
REEL 2 Continues: life in Paris; details of plotting against Adolf Hitler in Paris including duties and contact with General Ludwig Beck; attitude toward Heinrich Himmler and Hermann Goring; story of meeting with Adolf Hitler; further details of plots against Adolf Hitler within Abwehr including July Plot; opinion of weaknesses among plotters; details of wartime postingsr; discussion of July Plot and it's aftermath; fate of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris.
REEL 3 Continues: activities in Romania at time of July Plot, 20/7/1944; father's advice about knowledge of plotting; German civilian knowledge of Holocaust during war; evacuation with Ministry of Foreign Affairs; first contact with US troops. Aspects of period as civilian in Germany from 1945: background to gaining work with Military Government; details of work with Military Government and NATO; fear of Soviet Union; period husband was POW; discussion of de-Nazification programme; Fascism and persecution of Jews in Hungary and Romania; details of award received from German Government; attendance at July Plot commemoration; attitude of British Government to anti-Nazi plotters.