The attached article tells the story of Harry Sawyer (real name William G. Sebold), a German immigrant to American shores. On a return trip to Germany to visit family in 1939, Sawyer was very reluctantly forced into service as a spy for the German SD (Sicherheitsdienst), the intelligence arm of Himmler’s SS. Sawyer was schooled briefly in the ways of spying, told what was expected of him and then let loose to set sail home.
Upon his return, Sawyer quickly explained his problem to J. Edgar Hoover, who masterfully turned the situation to his advantage, an advantage that led to the capture of 32 Nazi spies.
A news article on the event can be read here…
Not long after this article was published, J. Edgar Hoover’s prestige began to fade…
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WW2 Counter-Espionage as practiced by J Edgar HooverHarry Sawyer Counter-Espionage during WW2Dr Gassner efforts to recruit spies within the USAGerman SD spy agency recruited spies within the US borderSicherheitsdienst artikelSicherheitsdienst efforts to recruit American spiesLilly Barbara Carola Stein WW2 SpyFrederick Joubbert Duquesne WW2 German SpyHerman Lang WW2 Nazi SpyJim Dunn WW2 German SpyAxel Wheeler-Hill WW2 Nazi spyEvelyn Clayton Lewis Nazi SpyElse Weustenfeld Nazi SpyWW2 Spy radio call letters AOR Hamburg GermanyWW2 FBI radio call letters DXVW-2 on Long Island New YorkFBI counter-espionage efforts during WW2greatest WW2 espionage tripple-playcapture of 32 nazi spies in America 1941
