Paul Thümmel

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Paul Thümmell (15 January 1902 – 20 April 1945), aka Agent A-54, was a German double agent during World War II. A high-ranking member of the German military intelligence organisation, the Abwehr, who was also a highly decorated Nazi party member, from 1937 onwards Thümmell passed intelligence first to Czechoslovakia and later to the Czechoslovak government-in-exile in London via the Czech underground resistance.^[1] He was killed by the SS at Theresienstadt concentration camp in April 1945.^[2]

References

↑ "Paul Thummel - A 54". Retrieved 4 March 2013.
↑ Binet, Laurent (2009). HHhH. London: Harvill Secker. p. §254. ISBN 9781846554797.

Persondata
Name	Thümmell, Paul
Alternative names	Agent A-54
Short description	German double agent during WWII
Date of birth	15 January 1902
Place of birth
Date of death	20 April 1945
Place of death

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