Otto von Bolschwing
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Otto Albrecht Alfred von Bolschwing (15 October 1909 – 7 March 1982) was a German-American SS-Hauptsturmführer, intelligence officer and international businessman. During the Nazi-era, he served as an operative of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) in Mandatory Palestine and Romania, where he was involved in instigating the Legionnaires' rebellion and the Bucharest pogrom in 1941. From 1936-39, von Bolschwing also worked for the Office of Jewish Affairs, where he served as a deputy to Adolf Eichmann in Berlin and Vienna. In 1945, he abandoned his prior allegiance to Nazi Germany and joined the Austrian Resistance.
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Nickname(s) | "Unrest" Captain Albert D. Eisner |
Born | (1909-10-15)15 October 1909 Schönbruch, East Prussia, German Empire |
Died | 7 March 1982(1982-03-07) (aged 72) Carmichael, California, United States |
Allegiance | Nazi Germany (1933-1945) Austria (1945) West Germany (1947-1950) United States (1950-1954) |
Service/ | Allgemeine-SS |
Years of service | December 1939 — February 1945 |
Rank | SS-Hauptsturmführer |
Unit | Sicherheitsdienst Austrian Resistance Gehlen Organization Central Intelligence Agency |
Battles/wars | World War II Cold War |
Following World War II, von Bolschwing continued to work as an intelligence agent in Austria and West Germany, first for the Gehlen Organization and later for the CIA. With the complicity of the US government, von Bolschwing emigrated to the United States in 1954, where he embarked on a successful career as a corporate executive. Von Bolschwing obtained US citizenship in 1959. His prior Nazi-affiliations and suspected involvement in war crimes were later uncovered by the US Justice Department and he was forced to surrender his American citizenship in 1981.