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with an increased confrontation with his guilt, conflicts of conscience and self-reflection. According to Gansel, the original version questions and comments less, and the presentation is much more authentic. Gansel sees an unvarnished look. Jochen
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where he worked as the divisional intelligence officer. His responsibilities included assessing the enemy situation, deployment of subordinate units of defense, letter censorship of subordinate units of the secret field police and attached units of the
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cooperation with Soviet intelligence, which he had previously denied. As a result, he was repatriated in April 1950. On his arrival in Berlin, he was able to escape the Soviet authorities. He then lived with his wife and three children in
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from 1927 to 1928 before returning to Königsberg. In the spring of 1931, he passed the first state examination. After a semester of studying in Königsberg, he went to
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