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while in Ankara during 1941–1944. Moyzisch lived in Ankara with his wife and son, but he was unable to get his mother and sister out of
Germany. Schellenberg and Himmler were quite impressed by the efficient, professional, and friendly manner in which he worked. An SS officer intervened when an
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Nuremberg, after which he wrote a book to address rumors and explain his role during the war. He was never charged with a war crime.
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stated that he found the book to be a "sensational narrative" with misrepresentations and omissions. Wires speculated that
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A Spy at the Heart of the Third Reich: The
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in part to explain his role and activities working for the
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A. C. Edwards (1946). "The Impact of the War on Turkey".
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