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Prisoner: Hummel, Fritz Ehuptmann,KO Spain

Digest of Report

Fritz Hummel was the chief of Ref II (sabotage) of KO Spain from late 1941until February 1944. Early in 1942, the sabotage activities of Ref 11 weredirected egainst the British fortress at Gibraltar. Between 1942 and 1944,six ships and various ammunition and fuel dumps were sabotaged, .whichresulted in some of the ships being sunk or damseed, and the dumps beingburned or blown up. After Italy's surrender at the end of 1943:Ref IItorpedoed Italian ships in the ports of Huelva, Cadiz, Cartagena, Barcelona,and Vigo, to prevent their being turned over to the Allies. In the Summerof 1943, 'Hummel assisted in burying some thirty caches of sabotage equip-ment in Southeastern Spain in anticipation of an Allied landing; Be rememo-bers only ten of the locations of these caches, and sketches of the tenare contained in the report. In November 1944, Rummel assumed command ofLeitstelle II West, which was under I-0 (G-2) of,Oberbefehlshaber West, andcommanded FAKS 211 and 212 an the Western front in Rolland, Belgium, andGermany. Each of the . FAKS had four subordinate FATS, Their activitiescoMprised burying . sabotage equipment and recruiting agents; however, noagents were committed. 'almmel dissolved Leitstelle II 'feet in April 1945and fled to Tirol,

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Prisoner: Hummel, Fritz..Tiazgtmann, X0 Spain

Hummel was the chief of Ref II (sabotage) in Madrid from December1941 tntil February 1944 and was put in charge of Leitstelle II Vest inNovember 1944.

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REFERENCES

2REPORT.

1. Biography

2. Assignment to KO Spain

33. Ref II Activities and Hiding of Sabotage Materials 34, Leitstelle II Vest

145. Agent Activities of Le itstelle II Vest 15

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I. Personal and Administrative Data16

II. List of Personalities17

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Attended Vonctmchule in Jena.

Attended high school in Jena and graduated in 1929.

Attended the University of Jena as a student ofNatural Science, He was forced to leave in 1930because of lack of money.

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1., Biography

S Feb 10 Born in Jena, Thuringia.

1916-1926

1920-1929

1929-1930

Autumn 1936

. .Became a sailor and worked for the Heisz ShippingCompany in Hamburg.

Joined the NSW and Si.

Accepted a jab with the German Police Force inimor*ve his jrpettiren 1136 applied for

a trau0ter $.0 00 K34LmAltelia. NO Walk the4 •

employed as a Kriminalkotmistar trainee in Altana.

Assigned to the Kriminalkommissar School in thePolizei Institut in Berlin-Charlottenburg.

Graduated from the Polizei institnt.

Returned to Altona as a Kriminalkommissar andwas put in charge of the burglary .department.

1938 Transferred to Hamburg te.investigate . all crimescommitted against the port of Hamburg.

Inducted . intO the army in Hamburg and assigned tothe 20th Div, Panzerjaeger Atteilung.

Participated in the Polish campaign with the sameunit.

Ordered to the Abwehr Abt /T Grupe Ost to betrained at the Sabotage School in Quentz, nearBrandenburg.

May 1939

1939-1940

Autumn 1941'

Completed his training.

Sent to Preg Kptn Lenz of KO Spain and was chiefof Ref II (sabotage) of KG Spain.

Uas in charge of the War Swimmer School inValaagno and Venice.

Ordered to Holland to lead a group of war swimmerswere to. blow up the RR bridge at Nijmegen.

Was • ih charge of Leitstelle II West,

Dissolved Leitetelie II Vest, and fled to theTirolian mountains.

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In December 1941, Hummel was' ordered. by Obst Preytag.-Doringh9venof Abwehr Abt II Berlin to take over Ref II (sabotage) itO:Spain.,..Ee..wagsent to Camp Quentz for the necessary sabotage training, :.Jaa:iniesiijiiSpain was to sabotage Gibraltar and. Allied shipping in Spanitarporta, Mimehad. to obtain the approval of Fi-eytag—loringhoven f or :the . . 0iecutiorit :Of : any .planned. acts of Sabotage. .Acts of Sabotage included. the .pliiaIrig of s1ayeaction bombs and, magnetic charges equipped with time mechanisms 0.14 'side

Allied. ships or Concealing themin the care:O..' • '"''• . ,. „To avoid conflicts with the :'Spani sh :;Governient azid O]3Berlin ordered time mechanisms to be set to delay the ciiplOaiOn'ships had cleared the Spanish :ports.

3. Ref II Activities and. Hiding of Sabot Materials

comprised eight Men.; '

Fritz Hummel Chief of Referat 1 Blaum Assistant, to 'Chief(Thu,) Kanrpen LeUtnentJoseph ITaber Gefreiter

Paco Zimmermann If

Hans RitterPaul . lioffmannEarl Menzel(fnu) Strauss

Early in 19 42,. the sabotage activitiesdirected against the British fortress o f' Gibraltar;,`following acts of sabotage conumitted. a gainst. Br itish .:shijp .first divulged by. Fritz Blaum (CI—CT:R/12) '

,An English speedboat anchored in . theJ:t.prt:: :target, B/aum had two Spanish agent s 'yorkirig:'.f.Pr :name Buena.), who lived in Algocirae ,or7Madrifi:; : :041di:name Do), who lived in Ma•drid.. . These shipmostly from La Linea (names unknown t 9,..1-wilziel ii"144.4ect,ilt 4 :. , getage material onto the boat. Thehshivw4je. d''ai411;4411It'In harc1,1942, three British

anchored side by side..1in the port . of G ibraltar were attacked.',.',..-TWoOf theTiihips*reetetel.damaged and the third sank Thissabotage, was also . executed y•;:a....0 shipyard worker from La Linea, who was til,paicl. 'agent 4',,1*.01.4*Eir„„,, . .4??Epl.Otiowas caused: by- a depth charge provided 1.14th.. a'time: fnia.Whi"C ' the do planted.

In August • 194-2 la Plaza planned :an'aet,,of aaltiitage; t1e' ca. island. of Gibraltar . which 1,46.s to be executed. with 0,:. 40 1?•,%.shipyard Worker. .(name unknown). An cplosjvei . :I' . charge, w.40, f;,p,fuel Cans,and the resulting: explosion d.eatroyed a.large‘ya,line, .,

s. :October ,1942, La Plaza succeeded 'in's:sin ig

•an ammunition dump in the .Rock of Gibraltar cauió•d.f o rt re a Ano ther . target for . the 'gkent ' 'A:24In FebruarY 1943 many gallons of fuel . e done by':ineafie, of :a magnetic ininS.:

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In December 1942, Hummel . instrueted Il. aber and Hoffmann,' two member;of Ref II KO Spain, to cause an explosion on a British freighter in Seville,Taber and Hoffmann concealed the explosives in several crates of orangesdestined for shipment on the freighter. The result of this operation Was thetotal destruction of the cargo; the ship, however, was not sunk. •

In February 1943, 'Taber and. Hoffmann undertook another sabotagemission against an English freighter in Lisbon. Time fuses were smuggled inwith the cargo, The ship was damaged, but was able to continue on to England,

In FebruAry 1944, Weber and Richter sabotaged a British ship (nameunknown) in Valencia. An exulosivo•charge was smuggled into the cargo of theship. According to Hummel, the explosion took place in London, but the shipwas not sunk.

Shortly after the surrender of Italy at the end of 1943, Hummel •received orders from Freytag-Loringhoven . to•s9.botage and prevent Italian shipsfrom reaching Allied ports. Most of these Italian ships were anchored. inHuelva, Cadiz, Cartagena, Barcelona, Rmd Vigo,

In Huelva, .Hoffmann and Water sabotaged one of the Italian shipsby affixing a mine to the hull, The boat was damaged and'eUbseqUently turnedover to the British.

Another successful sabotage mission executed in Cadiz in the Summer'of 1943 was the damaging of an Italian freighter by means of a magnetic mine,In Barcelona the engine of the boat was damaged by its crew; the Britishsubsequently seized the ship and had it repaired.

In the Summer of 1943,Freytagr-Loringhoven ordered the preparationof depots of sabotage materials in anticipation of an Allied invasion of Spain,Each . depot consiSted of One box, approximately twenty . by twenty-five by thirty-

. five . centimeters, containing incendiaries, explosives, small magnetic mines,and sabotage pencils of about fifteen centimeters long and six centimeterswide. Each box contained Spanish instructions for the handling of the sabo-tage material.

The caches were located in Southeastern Spain where am Allied . inva-sion was anticipated. Approximately twenty to twenty-Xive such depots wereset ue, but Hummel only knows of ten (cee sketches on f011owing pages), Thefollowing members of Ref II assisted in depositing the cases of sabotagematerial:Naber, Hoffmann, Ritter,.and Memmel, Photegraphs Rnd precisesketches were made of the locations of the depots so that they could be foundin ease of need. Three sets of sketches were drawn up, and early in 1944sent to Hptm Guenther Kaumann of Abwöhr Abt II Berlin. Hummel is not aware'of the present location of the sketches,

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4.. Leitstelle II Vest

In November 194•, Hummel received the order from Maj pp- Naumann,.AbtII Berlin, to take over Loitstolie II Vost, Naj Brandt was Humnal l s prede-cessor: . he was stationed. in Bad Ems at the time.

Leitstello II 'Test was under the jurisdiction of I-C (14.2) of Ober.:befehlshaber vest under Obst Zolling,with the PIK' 211 . them under 0/LtMushlrran and . FAK . 212 under Hptm Gehrken„

The objective of Leitstelle II West was to secure the proper functionof the PARS by sunplying them with sabotage material and personnel, and bypreparing the onerational plans for agents,

Each FAX had four YAMS with one commissioned officer in .cherge, Thechart below shows the organization of Leitstelle II West in November 19444

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FAT 249 0/Lt Liebert FAT 248 Histm Hannemann" 251 Lt von Otto " 252 04t Lorenzeno 258 0/Lt Schuster o 261 Bptm Kutschkeil. 263 Bptm Iiiemann . o 268 0/Lt Steeneberg

Toward the end of 1944, FAX 211 and FAK 212 were engaged chieflyin placing sabotage dumps on the left side of the Rhine, Demelition workand the recruiting of agents from French collaborationists and Flemish workerswas also being carried out,

The sabotage material had been picked up in four or five cases fromAbt I I Gruppe Technik in Quenz and vas taken by FAT 249 to Kehlbach, not farfrom Bad Ems, In Kohlbach the explosives were packed into approximatelyforty German ammunition boxes and sent by truck to FAX 211, stationed in thevicinity. of Yeustadt, and to FAX 212, stationed in Zwolie, Holland, Mbehlmannof FAX 211 received about twenty boxes, and ordered von Otto of FAT 251 to burythe explosives in the vicinity of . Ragenau and Youstadt, 'Gehrken-of FAX 212.received, the remainder of the boxes, and instructed Kutschke of PAT 261 tobury them near Dueren and Krefeld. •

Hummel is not certain if Gehrken and Muehlmann received the photo-stats of the sketches of the locations of the sabotage duMps„ Von Otto andKutschke should be in the position to . locate . the caches buried in Holland andon the western bank of the Rhine,

Hummel further states that he did not receive any kind of informationrevealing the sabotage dumps buried by Kutschke and von Otto. HumMei signeda sworn statement denying knowledge of the location of sabotage dumps in Franceand in Germany.

During the course of the interrogation, Hunmel mentioned .W Brandtof Leitstelle II Paris at the one who began to organize sabotage,depotS.inPrance during the period from December 1943 to April 1944, Brandt designatedFAY. 211 to set up sabotage depots in France in December 1943, All four FATsof YAK 211 partiOpated in burying the explosives, The commanders of the IPATs,at well as Brandt, should be able to reveal the ideation of the caches, andshould be helpful in furnishing information leading to the discovery of thedepots in France,.

Himmel claims that Liebert of FAT 249 photographed and eketchea mostof the caches in France, but lost the documents in an Allied air attack,

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Hummel states that his attempts to organize a not of agents provedfutile.

In Demnber 1944, Hummel ordered Schuster of FAT 258 to approachFrench collaborators who were willing to serve as agents for the Leitstelie II

proximately twenty Frenchmen belonging to the Doriot Group were re-cruited by Schuster. The training of these men took place in the vicinity ofOberkireh and Freudonstadt in the.Schwarzwald. The Frenchmen wore trained inthe use of various sabotage materials and in the handling of weapons.

In March 1945,the training was discontinued and Hummel is certain thatnone of the Frenchmen was committed as 'a sabotage agent or used for crossing thefront lines. He assumes that they were captured by Allied Forces and returnedto France.

Another attempt in setting up am: agent net was started by Hummel in .December 1944. He instructed Liebert of FAT 249 to contact Flemish slaveworkers and hire them for sabotage work. Four 21.zmish workers, names unknown,were selected to receive sabotage training. Wagner and Seeliger, both of FAT.249, were their instructors. Two men wore insiructed in the use of sabotagematerials, the third man received W/T training, and. the fourth man was droppedfor incompetence.

Hummel states that only the man trained as a WI! operator was colaimitted as an agent. He was turned over to Abt I Wiesbaden in January 1945;and parachuted with a W/T set in the vicinity of Antwerp. The agent was. ableto ostablish li/T'connection with Wiesbaden, and, reported on damagcs caused byV-2 bombs. No other agent activities were carried on by Hummel because ofGermanys grave military situationf which made all efforts futile.

COPMFAITS ANDMCOLIDATIONS

Hummel has been cooperative and eager to give information. There is nodoubt that he was a convinced follower of the Nazi doctrine, and only by acci-dont . failed to receive his membership card it the SS. It is therofore'recom-mended that he be sent to an interment camp; where his political Status maybe determined according to current directives.

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PERSONAL AND ADMINISTRATIV2 DATA

Prisoner! Fummel, Fritz liaptmann, EO Spain

Last Name:,First Name:Alias:Date and place of birtht:Nationality claimed:Occupation:Religion:Description:

(1) Height:(2) Voight:(3) Build: .(4) Face:(5)

HummelFritzHartung, Rise,'HelmersFebruary 1910, Jena

GermanOfficer of the EripoProtestant

1.90 m1go :lbsHusk:7Oval .Brown

Werder Strasso, HamburgSpanishPaul Hummel, 44 Haupt •Strasse; EmdenFlora. EUmmol nee Biertuompfol, lives in Jena(?Hildegard ne6 Otto, 4 Annen 8trasse, Cuxhaven'Gunborg ( )4), Sigrid (2)Kennkarto with alias Raise and arrest report

Permanent address:Languages:Father:Nether:Wife:Children:Identity documents:

2. Administrative Data

a, Source of prisoner including arresting agency: MG Dot G-374 (Sclawab-2•muenchen)b. Accepted on recommendation or request of:' G-2 (CI) =OMc. Date of arrival at this Center: 7 November 1946d, List of any reports or documents sent in with prisoner: Arrest report,

MG questiermaire, Konnkartee, Results of name check against Central Personality Index: •No 18549f. Name and unit of interrogator: sTohn Gersman, 7707 MIS Centerg. Evaluation of prisener f s reliability: Bummel l e information is con-

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LIST OF KIRSCYALITI3S

Prisoner: Hummel, Fritz Rauptmann, KO Spain

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Brandt, fnu

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Dominguez, Juan@ Do

Hannemann, Thu

Hoffmann, Paul• Ante.

Lorenzen, fnu

Mejias, Alejandro@ Alejandro

Memmel, Karl@ Mel

Muehl mann , Hans

Spaniard, ' does:er in Gibraltar, born in 1920, lives inAlgeciras, 1.70 m tall, slender, dark hair, dark cm,plexion, brown eyes, single. Agent of Ref It performingsabotage against Gibraltar.

Major, aFeigned to Leitstelle II Paris, Leitstelle IIVest, an& Leitetelle II Suedust, Born 1895, 1.7S m:tall, gray hair, fair complexion, blue eyes, speaks FrenOh,

Snaniard, ' docker in Gibraltar, born1916, lives inAlgeciras, 1.70 m tall, slender, dark . hair, brown eyes,dark complexion, single, liorked for Ref II performingsabotage against Gibraltar.

Spaniard, student and Member of ' Falange, 1t-es in Madridb:.r.n 1915, 1.70 m . tall, slender, black hair, brown eyes,'mustache, married. Agent of Ref II committing sabotage.against Gibraltar..

Bauptmann, chief * of FAT 248, born 1912, 1.6Sslender, blond, fair complexion, blue eyes, single,speaks French.

Gefreiter, member of . Ref.II, li4res in SchWit-bmuenchen,born 1912, 1.74 in tall, slender, dark hair, dark com-plexion, brown eye, married, speaks Spanish and)English.

Haunt-mann, chief of FAT 261, born ' 1911, muscular, brown'hair,- dark comlexion, brown eyes,:married.

Spaniard, barn 1912, live t in Madrid :and Algecirai,1„75 m tall, strong build, black hair, brown eyes, darkcomplexion, married. Agent of Ref

Oberleutnant, chief of . FAT 252, bOrn 1922,.1.7$ m tall,blond, fair compleXion, blue eyes, married. .

Spaniard, sailor and docker, IiVes in Seville, born 1906,1.74 in tall, slender, dark hair dark complexion, browneyes, married, Agent of Ref II, offered his fishingboat for sabotage purposed. .

Gefreiter, member af Ref II, born 1920, 1.70 m tall,stocky, blond hair,'blueeyes, pale complexion., speaksSpanish.

Oberleutnant, chief . of FAX 211 ',.born 1901, 1.72m tall,slender, blond hair, blue eyes, fair complexion, scarson face, married, speaks French,

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'doe, born 1912,.1.S0 m tall,slender, blond, fair complexion, blue eyes, married,speaks Enq:lish.

Gefreiter, member ot Ref II, born 190S, 1 .. 75 in tall,slender, brown hair s brown eyes, fair complexion, married,

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Haupimann,hair, dark

driver and supply clerk of Ref II, lives in, M tall, slender, blond, light complexion,mustache, married, speaks Spanish.

chief of PAT 263, born 1918, milscular, brown'complexion, brown eyes, single, speaks French,'

smarm, fnu vonDn1.1interfeld

01)erleutnant-,.chief Of PAM 249, born 1920 in Mast Prussia,L33 m tall muscular, blond, pale complexion, single,speaks French.

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