Hugo Bleicher

Hugo Bleicher (b. 1899-) was a German agent of Abwehr who was worked against French Resistance in German-occupied France.

Huge Bleicher was born in Germany in 1899. He became a businessman but was recruited into Abwehr during the World War Two because of his knowledge of many languages. However, he never rose above the rank of sergeant.

Bleicher was ruthless in his pursuit of anyone in France who opposed Nazi domination. He demolished the Interallie network and captured both Roman Sziarnewski and Mathilde Carre. Some think he may have become Carre's lover and others believe he forced her to work as a double agent under threat of torture.

Later in the war, Bleicher masqueraded as a German intelligence colonel Henri and claimed to want to defect to the Allies. He used this deceit to capture Peter Churchill and Odette Sansom both of whom were subjected to brutal torture before being shipped to a concentration camp. Bleicher also demolished the Donkeyman Network in 1943 and also worked with a double agent, believed to be Henri Dericourt. With the traitor's help, he infiltrated Prosper Network and arrested major Henri Frager in April 1944.

At the end of the war Hugo Bleicher was arrested in Amsterdam and was placed on trial and imprisoned by the Allies. More than "carrying out orders of his superiors," as a result of his near-fanatical support for Nazi goal's of world domination, many French Resistance workers and SOE agents such as race car drivers, Robert Benoist and William Grover-Williams were arrested, tortured and forced to live in subhuman conditions in concentration camps before being executed.

In 1954 Bleicher published his memoirs, Colonel Henri's story. He may be still alive as of this writing.

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