Germans in the United States Die in WWII Context
A list of Germans in the United States who paid with their lives during the war era. Warner Thiel, 35, tool maker from Essen, active in the German American Bund, returned to Germany via Japan after war began. Edward Kerling, 13, leader of a group that landed near Jacksonville in 1947. Herbert Haupt, 22, naturalized citizen with ROTC background, traveled to Mexico and Japan before reaching Germany. Henry Harm Heinck, 35, Hamburg native, oiler and machinist helper. Richard Quirin, 34, Berlin-born, once a U S citizen aspirant, later joined sabotage school near Berlin.
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Warner Thiel
Essen
Germany
United States
Detroit
Hammond
Ind
Bund
Hts
Japan
Herbert Hans Haupt
Defense
Chicago
Reserve Officers Training Corp
Mexico
Henry Harm Heinck
Hamburg
Haupts Parents In Jail Notified Of Son's Death
Chicago parents of Herbert Haupt, one of the Nazi saboteurs executed in Washington, were not officially informed. Four Chicagoans and two relatives remain jailed on 35000 bail each on federal aiding charges as U S Attorney Woll seeks grand jury indictments after the Washington case and Haupt’s landing from a submarine in Florida.
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Chicago
Aug
Herbert Hans Haupt
Washington
Hans Max Haupt
Haupt
Cook County
U. S
William H. McDonnell
United States
J. Albert Woll
Young Haupt
Florida
Two Nazi landings and spy saboteurs shock U S coast
Washington reports 2 separate beach landings near Amagansett Long Island and Ponte Vedra Beach Florida in June 1942. Four men trained in sabotage landed with explosives and funds, then moved to New York and Chicago while awaiting military trial. A related Florida cell aimed to establish operations in the North Side of Chicago. The cases marked the first landings of spies from an enemy warship and led to military commissions for the eight men. Coast Guard intervened on Long Island, reporting a submerged craft and men in civilian clothes.
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Washington
New York
Florida
United States
Geman J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
EBL
FBL
Hoover
Amagansett
Long Island
New York City
Berling
America
Ponte Vedra Beach
Jacksonville
Fla
Chicago
North Side
Roosevelt
Biddle
Myron C. Cramer
Cassius M. Dowell
Kenneth C. Rovall
Carl L. Ristine
George John Dash
Ernest Peter Burger
FBI
Frank R. McCoy
Office of War Information
McCoy
OWL
Elmer Davis
MecCoy
Coast Guard
Joan C. Cullen
Cullen
Cutoast
Stoud
Chronology of Saboteurs and ISIS Trial Highlights
A WW II era chronology recounts the arrival and capture of eight Nazi saboteurs on Long Island and near Jacksonville, the FBI and Coast Guard actions, and a series of trials led by a military commission. It covers arrests, court proceedings, Supreme Court arguments, and the final decision referred to President Roosevelt, with notes on evidence, confessions, and procedural debates.
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Wasitiington
Amagassett
Long Island
Coast Guard
Jacksonville
Fla
Frank R. McCoy
Biddle
FBI
John C. Culten
Supreme Court
Military Commission
Roosevelt
Supreme Court of the United States
Six Executions Pleases Mother Of Service Men
A wartime DC jail execution of six Nazi saboteurs unfolds with military secrecy and civilian spectators. The crowd hears “Six have died” from the White House as nurses and officials reflect on the war and clemency for two who betrayed comrades. Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox oversees the process with armed guards and a jail-wide security screen.
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Glad
Army
Navy
Albert L. Cox
Washington Military District
Miitary
White House
Roosevelt
A. Magruder MacDonald
Nazi Group Leader Dasch and Burgers Connected in 1943 Case
Ernst Dasch 39 a leader of a four man ring landed at Amagsnselt Gong Island in June 1943. Born Spyr on the Rhine he served in the German army in World War I and traveled via Philadelphia New York San Francisco Los Angeles to Germany in 1941. Erenesy Peter Burger 36 a native of Augsburg came to the United States earlier and naturalized in 1933. He worked as a machinist in Detroit Milwaukee active in German circles and later led Nazi propaganda efforts after returning to Germany.
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Germany
United States
Hartford
Conn
Chicago
Lin
Schenectady
N. Y
Syracuse
Uip
Crorge John Dasch
Amagsnselt
Gong Island
Spyr On the Rhine
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Calif
Japan
China
Russia
Tive
Augsburg
Detroit
Milwaukee
Gere Mens
Nazi Party
Germn
Quiet end to tense death row watch at jail
Inside the jail a last minute check of the electric chair preceded a military commission verdict. Ambulances with Red Cross insignia arrived as crowds gathered outside. A White House statement followed, then clergyman and coroner exited without comment. General Cox warned the crowd as soldiers formed to prevent demonstrations. The spectators dispersed, missing a glimpse of a new page in the nation’s history.
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Alen HW. Singleton
Washington
District of Columbia
White House
Roose Welt
Red Cross
Cox
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N.Y
Edward John Kerling
Jacksonville, Fla
Weisbaden
Lisbon
Richard Quirin
Ber
High Command
Berlin
Herman Oftoneubauer
Europe
Associated Press
Butte Tios
Bullets Fe Bulletins
High Point Enterprise
The
Alert Coast Guard
Titusary
Weparinien
Westinghouse Éiéme
Corox
Badyriv
Rose Furniture CO
South Main Street
Main Street
Fayetteville Street
Ashebero
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