International Intelligence History Association

17th Annual Conference 2011

“German Intelligence History from

Bismarck to the Present”

Marburg / Germany
17-19 June 2011

The International Intelligence History Association (IIHA) held its 17th annual conference in Marburg, Germany, from 17-19 June 2011. The conference was organised jointly with the Bundeswehr Office of Military History, Potsdam, Germany (MGFA). Please find pictures of the proceedings and speakers on our Flickr account (click here).

Conference Program

Pre-1914

Shpiro, Shlomo (Bar Ilan University): Imperial German Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism in the Near East in the late 19th Century

Brückner, Hilmar-Detlef: The Agents of Karlsruhe Station of German Army Secret Intelligence IIIB at the Eve of World War I

1914-1918

Pöhlmann, Markus (MGFA): Die Entwicklung und institutionelle Kultur des militärischen Nachrichtendienstes im Deutschen Kaiserreich bis 1918

Lüdke, Tilman (Arnold-Bergstraesser-Institut): Futile Intelligence. The (Elusive) Role of Intelligence during Germany's Involvement in the Middle East 1914-1918 and Beyond

Klinkert, Wim (Breda): German Intelligence in the Netherlands 1914-1918: The Dutch Perspective

1919-1939

Macrakis, Kristie (Georgia Tech, Atlanta): The Seesaw Ink Wars: The Anglo-German battles during the two World Wars and how they reflect intelligence successes

Altenhöner, Florian (Berlin): The "Deutsche Überseedienst GmbH", "Sonderdienst Nuntia" and German Military Intelligence in the 1920s

Vodusek-Staric, Jerca (University of Maribor): Third Reich intelligence in Yugoslavia at the onset of WWII (aims, officers, activities)

1939-1945

Schmidl, Erwin (HGM Wien): Operation Etappenhase: Inserting German Agents into North Africa, 1943-45

Pahl, Magnus (MGFA): Fremde Heere Ost

Bell, Falko (Universität Mainz): "Die deutsche Spionage ist auf Zack." German Soldiers speak about Intelligence Services (1939-1945)

Heinemann, Winfried (MGFA): Die nachrichtendienstliche Dimension des nationalkonservativen Widerstands

Faulkner, Marcus (King's College London): The Politics of Naval Intelligence: The Evolution of the Marinenachrichtendienst 1928-1939

1945-1990

Hess, Sigurd (Rheinbach): The Influence of the Gehlen Organization on West German Rearmament

Hammerschmidt, Peter (Universität Mainz): The Butcher of Lyon on BND and CIC/CIA Payroll

Hechelhammer, Bodo (BND): Der Beginn der Operation Rusty. Aspekte organisatorischer und personeller Entwicklungslinien

Herman, Michael (Oxford): What difference did intelligence make to the Cold War?

1990-2010

Mayzel, Matitiahu (Cummings Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Tel Aviv University): The Israeli Image of German Intelligence

Libel, Tamir (Dan Shomron Center): Hostage of foreign interests: German intelligence involvement in Arab-Israeli hostage deals, 1980s-2010

Programs and Digests of Previous Meetings