02 November 2013

Erika Schwarze Wendt (1917-2003)

DOSSIER:
Erika Schwarze was born in 20 Sep 1917 in Straisund. 

CODE NAME:
Onkel (Uncle)

From January 1942, Erika was a secretary of the German attaché of trade in Stockholm. Under the code name Onkel (uncle), she provided information about secret Gestapo operations and agents active in Sweden

The Germans changed the codes on 1 Mar 1943, and she helped the Swedes to break the new codes by sending several messages uncoded. After this, she received an order to return to Germany, not knowing that she was to be executed. She was taken into custody by the Swedish security police who provided her with a new identity. She lived the rest of her life in Sweden and published her memoirs in 1993. She died 9 Apr 2003.

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