People of the Red Orchestra


This is a list of participants, associates and helpers of, and certain infiltrators into, the Red Orchestra as it was known in Germany. Red Orchestra was the name given by the Abwehr to members of the German [resistance to Nazism] and anti-Nazi Resistance during [World War II|resistance movements] in Allied or occupied countries during World War II. Many of the people on this list were arrested by the Abwehr or Gestapo. They were tried at the Nazi Imperial War Court before being executed either by hanging or guillotine, unless otherwise indicated. As the SS-Sonderkommando also took action against Soviet espionage networks within Switzerland during [the World Wars#World War II|Switzerland], people who worked there are also included here.

Group organisational diagrams

The following meticulously researched hierarchy diagrams were created by the Joint security service that consisted of the MI6 and the CIA between 1945 and 31 December 1949. In Germany, these were Soviet espionage organisations that grew out of the resistance groups.

Key

  • If a person was associated with a group, then they are shaded.
  • If they joined one group and left to join another, perhaps because the first group was disrupted, then the second group is detailed in notes and they are shaded based on the first group.
  • If they worked for Soviet intelligence and built a group, then they are shaded as Soviet intelligence agents.
CountryColourGroupColourGroupColourGroupColourGroup
GermanySchulze-Boysen GroupHarnack Groupvon Scheliha GroupUhrig Group
Bästlein-Jacob-Abshagen GroupGermany military including Gestapo, Funkabwehr----
BelgiumTrepper GroupGurevich GroupJeffremov Group September 1939-May 1942Jeffremov Group May 1942-August 1942
NetherlandsWinterink Group or Group Hilda------
FranceGroup AndreLyons GroupMarseille GroupOzols Network
SwitzerlandRote Drei GroupSissy GroupLong GroupPakbo Group
Soviet UnionSoviet intelligence officers------

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