Help support TMP


"Ghosts in the Mirror: France's Crusade Against Former Nazis" Topic


3 Posts

All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.

Please do not post offers to buy and sell on the main forum.

For more information, see the TMP FAQ.


Back to the Cold War (1946-1989) Message Board


Areas of Interest

Modern

Featured Hobby News Article


Featured Link


Featured Ruleset


Featured Showcase Article

1:100 M901 ITV Tank Destroyers

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian added anti-tank elements to his NATO forces in WWIII: Team Yankee.


Featured Profile Article

15mm Battlefield in a Box: Bridges

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian finds bridges to match the river sets.


Current Poll


Featured Movie Review


729 hits since 25 May 2023
©1994-2025 Bill Armintrout
Comments or corrections?


TMP logo

Membership

Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 May 2023 9:08 p.m. PST

…in the Algerian Insurgency


"It was a quiet evening in evening in Schwabing, an upscale suburb of Munich, on October 14, 1960. Very few neighbors even noted the bulky man who exited an apartment into a dark alleyway named Blütenstrasse. The man, Wilhelm Beisner, a former SS intelligence agent and currently a dubious businessman, travelled so frequently to the Middle East and North Africa that he was almost unknown in the neighborhood. From the windows of his Mercedes, the former SS spy was able to see his wife, Alice, who had just left the building with their two dogs. A second later, he started the engine and the car exploded. The Munich police that hastened to the scene opened an investigation, but the BND, West Germany's secret service, soon took over, and the entire affair was hushed up. The wounded victim did not want to speak, either. "A Beisner that sings is a dead Beisner," wrote one of the newspapers, ominously. To the chagrin of those who followed the story, the mysterious assassin was never found.

This forgotten story, which I read a long time ago in a German newspaper, aroused my curiosity. As I soon discovered, it was only the trip of the iceberg of an extraordinarily convoluted plot. Browsing the yellowish corners of old magazines, diplomatic correspondence, secret services documents and police reports, it soon became clear to me that Beisner was targeted by "The Red Hand," allegedly a rogue organization of French settlers that assassinated Germans who smuggled arms to the Algerian FLN insurgents. Recent studies, however, had shown that this was yet another deceit, because the "Red Hand" was merely a front for the French secret Service, SDECE…"

Main page

link


Armand

Personal logo The Virtual Armchair General Sponsoring Member of TMP26 May 2023 2:13 p.m. PST

They have learned nothing--and forgotten nothing.

And not just the Bourbons….

TVAG

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 May 2023 3:25 p.m. PST

(smile)

Armand

Sorry - only verified members can post on the forums.