Erika Lehmann
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Erika Lehmann was a spy for Nazi Germany
during World War II
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By most accounts, she was born in Oberschopfheim, Germany
. Lehmann learned English as a child from her British mother (her father was German). During the Second World War she served in the German Abwehr
. She undertook at least two espionage missions in English-speaking countries during the war: one in England and one in the United States. Most factual details concerning Erika Lehmann are recorded in documents held in Russian archives. Two novels have been written about Lehmann by author Mike Whicker.
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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By most accounts, she was born in Oberschopfheim, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Lehmann learned English as a child from her British mother (her father was German). During the Second World War she served in the German Abwehr
Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organisation from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only...
. She undertook at least two espionage missions in English-speaking countries during the war: one in England and one in the United States. Most factual details concerning Erika Lehmann are recorded in documents held in Russian archives. Two novels have been written about Lehmann by author Mike Whicker.