Friday, August 18, 2017

Pencil sketch of a Nazi criminal by Dr K Prabhakar Rao

HORST KOPKOW

 He was a SS major during WW II and he was in criminal investigationof Police Dept.He was made responsible for catching the anti resistance fighters, soviet and czech spies, Parachuters doing espionage. He hardly moved out of Berlin office but with his wide network of agents could break Red orchestra group. He also investigated 20 July plot against Hitler.Most of the agents of SOE of UK operating in occupied France were captured by his agency.  They were executed in concentration camps and burnt away in crematoriums.  He  was arrested after WW II but was saved by British agencies in order to obtain information on breaking soviet spy net work during Cold War. He dictated detailed notes to his secretary on the said work and was later released in west Germany. He lived long in post war period and escaped all punishments and trials although he was a war criminal

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