Abstract

The article analyzes the role of the Abwehr’s secret intelligence service during the Weimar Republic. General information concerning the structure of the Abwehr and its activitiesis is provided alongside the confrontation of the myths about the “Versal regulations” and nonexistence of the Abwehr. The author presents the structure of the Abwehr, and its most important sources of information are presented (agential and technical) and its cooperation with foreign intelligence services. The analysis carried out leads to the conclusion that the Abwehr were a small but appreciated organization which provided the Reichswehr with important information.

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