Quo Fuit places 3 dated presences for Reinhard Gehlen across 3 places, from 1902 to 1926.
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Reinhard Gehlen (3 April 1902 – 8 June 1979) was a German military and intelligence officer, later dubbed "Hitler's Super Spy," who served the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, and West Germany, and also worked for the United States during the early years of the Cold War.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1902year
Erfurtattested“Gehlen was born 1902 into a Protestant family in Erfurt and had two brothers and a sister.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
1926 to 1928period
Świdnicaattested“Gehlen received an assignment at the cavalry school in Hanover in 1926, where he spent two years before requesting a transfer, and in 1928 he was sent to back to his original unit in Schweidnitz.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
1926 to 1928period
Hanoverattested“Gehlen received an assignment at the cavalry school in Hanover in 1926, where he spent two years before requesting a transfer, and in 1928 he was sent to back to his original unit in Schweidnitz.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
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1921 to 1923period
Świdnicamentioned“In 1921 he was posted to the 6th Light Artillery Regiment (later the 3rd Prussian Artillery Regiment) in Schweidnitz, a town in Silesia near the Polish border, and 1923 he became a lieutenant.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
1921 to 1923period
Silesiamentioned“In 1921 he was posted to the 6th Light Artillery Regiment (later the 3rd Prussian Artillery Regiment) in Schweidnitz, a town in Silesia near the Polish border, and 1923 he became a lieutenant.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
23 August 1942exact date
Battle of Stalingradmentioned“Before the Wehrmacht disasters in the Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 1942 – 2 February 1943), a year into the German war against the Soviet Union, Gehlen understood that the FHO required fundamental re-organization, and secured a staff…”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
20 September 1945exact date
Germanymentioned“On 20 September 1945, Gehlen and three associates were flown from the American Zone of Occupation in Germany to the US, to become spymasters for the Western Allies.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
6 December 1946exact date
Oberurselmentioned“On 6 December 1946, he began espionage operations against the Soviet Union, by establishing what was known to US intelligence as the Gehlen Organization or "the Org", a secret intelligence service composed of former intelligence officers…”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
6 December 1946exact date
Pullachmentioned“On 6 December 1946, he began espionage operations against the Soviet Union, by establishing what was known to US intelligence as the Gehlen Organization or "the Org", a secret intelligence service composed of former intelligence officers…”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
6 December 1946exact date
Frankfurtmentioned“On 6 December 1946, he began espionage operations against the Soviet Union, by establishing what was known to US intelligence as the Gehlen Organization or "the Org", a secret intelligence service composed of former intelligence officers…”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
1947year
Central Intelligence Agencymentioned“He resented this arrangement and in 1947, the year after his Organization was established, Gehlen arranged for a transfer to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
1947 to 1955period
Sovietmentioned“Between 1947 and 1955, the Gehlen Organization also debriefed every German PoW who returned to West Germany from captivity in the Soviet GULAG.”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
March 1948month
United Statesmentioned“Among the Org's earliest counterespionage successes was Operation Bohemia, which began in March 1948 after Božena Hájková, the sister in law of Czechoslovak military intelligence officer Captain Vojtěch Jeřábek, defected to the American…”source: Wikipedia: Reinhard Gehlen
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