Month: August 2019

Niska’s Passport clients in Prague – Black Market Passport Business

Preamble Another blog in my series focused on the black market passport business run by Jürgen Ziebell in Berlin. I highly recommended that you read my earlier blog for an overview of the sale of black market passports to Berlin Jews, as related by Josef Jakobs and Frau Lily Knips. Another key blog reviews the […]

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Article review The Sirmooree

Article Review – A Sirmoor Spy: the Extraordinary Life of Honorary Brigadier Robin ‘Tin-Eye’ Stephens

Another interruption to the blog series on the black market German passport business. I’m needing some serious research time to look into the Finn Algot Niska. Quite a character but much of the information is in Finnish and requires some tedious translation work with Google Translate. Stay tuned for the continuing series in a week

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Book Review - Some were Spies - Earl Jowitt

Book Review – Some were Spies – The Earl Jowitt (1954)

Another interruption to the blog series on the black market German passport business. I’m needing some serious research time to look into the Finn Algoth Niska. Quite a character but much of the information is in Finnish and requires some tedious translation work with Google Translate. Stay tuned for the continuing series in a week

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Fräulein Dorothea Schachtel – Client of Niska’s Black Market Passport Business

There is another person whom Josef Jakobs and Lily Knips both mentioned, a German Jewess who also sought to escape Nazi Germany. This Fräulein Schachtel apparently bought a Finnish passport through Ziebell but neither Josef nor Lily knew what became of her. Let’s take a look… What Lily Knips & Josef Jakobs Said On 28

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