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Variants
- Mayer, Fred, 1921-2016
- Mayer, Freddy, 1921-2016
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1921
Death Date
- 2016
Has Affiliation
- Organization: United States. Office of Strategic Services
Birth Place
- Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- German
Field of Activity
World War, 1939-1945--Secret service
Operation Greenup, 1945
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Das Fenster : Tiroler Kulturzeitschrift, 1989 :page 4504 (Fred Mayer, leader of the OSS team for Operation Greenup in Austria,1945) page 4516 (Frederick Mayer)
- found: Washington Post website, 8 September 2017(26 April 2016 obituary: Frederick Mayer, German Jew who returned to Nazi Europe as U.S. spy, dies at 94; he ran a spy network in Innsbuck during WWII; he worked as a power plant engineer supervisor until he retired in 1977; born in Freiburg in 1921, died in Charles Town, W.Va.)
- found: Return to the Reich, 2019:E-CIP galley (Fred Mayer ... Freddy Mayer ... Frederick Mayer; son of Heinrich and Hilda; nicknamed Fritz; immigrated to the United States in March 1938; first lived in Brooklyn)
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Change Notes
- 2017-09-08: new
- 2019-03-07: revised
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