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The Gehlen Organization, Part 1: Doctor Schneider | Historical

2023/8/28
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The episode introduces Reinhard Gehlen, a former Nazi general, who is enjoying a Yankees game in the company of his former foes, the CIA officers, raising questions about how this reconciliation came to be.

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In this two-part special, True Spies tells the story of a clandestine German intelligence network that sprang from the ashes of the Third Reich. Led by former Nazi Reinhardt Gehlen, the group was sponsored by the USA to fight Communism in post-war Europe.

In Part 1, Daisy Ridley joins historians Norman Goda and Gerald Steinacher to reveal the beginnings of the American government's shocking co-operation with those who it had defeated only months before.

From SPYSCAPE, the home of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Max Bower. Music by Nick Ryan.

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