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4 unusual facts about Leopold Bürkner


Leopold Bürkner

On 25 April 1935 he officially informed the British Naval attaché to Germany, Captain Gerard Muirhead-Gould, that Germany had laid down twelve 250-ton U-boats at Kiel.

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In 1938 he became head of the foreign liaison section of the Abwehr, the General Staff intelligence department.

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On 15 June 1938 Captain Bürkner was appointed head of the foreign liaison section (Abteilung Ausland, later Amt Ausland) of the Abwehr, the intelligence organization of the

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After his release he became director of the German staff of the Dutch airline KLM in Frankfurt.



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