Researching Josef Kieffer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6 people with the Kieffer surname? In that year Kieffer was ranked number 3573 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Josef means "form of JOSEPH - God shall add" and is of German origin.
Records of Josef Kieffer on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Josef Kieffer and the Kieffer Genealogy
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Josef Kieffer
Hans Josef Kieffer (4 December 1900 – 26 June 1947) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) and the head in Paris of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the intelligence agency of the SS during the German occupation of France in World War II. Kieffer's headquarters were at 84 Avenue Foch, an address that became well-known because many captured agents of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) were interrogated there after their capture. After interrogation captured agents were sent to concentration camps in Germany and most were executed. Kieffer was successful in penetrating and destroying SOE networks which had as their objective fostering and supporting the French Resistance to the German occupation. Kieffer was able to deceive SOE headquarters in London for many months in 1943 and 1944 by sending false wireless messages, a tactic known as Funkspiel (the radio game).
In August 1944, Kieffer ordered the execution of five captured Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers under the authority of the Commando Order stating that all Allied commandos were to be executed whether in uniform or not. In 1947 he was hanged by the British.
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