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Arter this and the lub •• quent .. '1atl to pOller or HI},U,(L]:;R,
oond1 tiona becDJIlo ,dU'tloult tot' the SA. BORG.t, got
himself transferred to tho Poll~loal DiV1aron 0 the
Reichele1 tung, whero he was engaged on journalism and
~ropag.nd. tor internal conaumption. BURGER attended
Berlin Univeraity in oonnection with th1a work and in
June' 1939 obtained a d1plom;, 'in journalhm and Goopoltlo8.
Atter this, Protaa.or RAU9HD~ Proteaeor
ot Goo-po11t1c., saYe BUROzR' o.rt.ln'oont1~entlo1 work
in C.echoalovakia Whiob ent.l~e4 the reportlD1 on
goneral oonditiOM 1n thai ooun:t17 and on the ~ot1T1t1e.
ot the Nazi part,l. the ~ •• t.po and an, per80na ot German
or Poliah nationa 1t7 thare. BURGER'. oonfidential
rOllort. were 8ubm1tted to Prote.eOl' HAUB1I)PER, who in
tum aubalitted them ,to Budo,~t ~a.' .. . " ,'
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At the outbrea)t ot war !lJROD Immediatel;r
. applUd tor permi •• lon to ao(to the USA, to oarl7 out .'
prOJlaganda. Acoord1na to hi •• to%7, 1f'hlch 1. bell.nd,
he mad. thh applioatlon to ncall. 'trom Oermany and "
organiu the 'old M memberl' who had'·rled trom Germat\f-.r
8S 8 Tolunteer co~. to ~ri ... 1net the pr •• ent regIm~ •
The appl1oaUol) ... r.ru •• d and. 'in 'abruary 1939 IPson
wae .ant to poland b7 the Politioal DiTlaion ot' the
Relohaleltul4t to report on oondltionl there and on tha
war aotlT1tiea ot
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Na.1 part1 otrlclale. BURGKR aot into
trOUble with the eetapo and. part7 otticiali in polanA and
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in llaroh 191,.0 W88 arre.ted br. the !le.tapo and lJapr1a0na4
tor 17 monthe. • • '
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wao ordered to
liiTen a lattn
triend t;oo~.:n~~~~~:.~
ottioer 1
Abw. II q:~ turn
n,.{,ol 61>- 1'hrou~~ 0 BtooD. ....
" • 'OUB joY USA. ,B1RGD.
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eaw an OJISlortun1tr ot .. tUna
' epp081t1on to the Nut r.g1me, - ~I~~~~~::~:~~
more III tagoni.Uo a. a reeult 0: _~, ... o
Gostapo.
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In the mean1thIle, BtJ]lGKR..JoinecL.tbe..replAr
8l"1'dy and was assians'" to an t~m't1"7 -oompaD¥ sual'4!n.
British and JuaoslaT priaonel'8-ot-war in ~orltn. In
February 19/,2 BURGER recelTe'" a letter "from the CCW tnstruoting
him to report to' a certaln 1"QCXD .t the 'l'i'rPttautero
Here be .. s a pin intern ewe'" b7 ~ .nd dked
whether he atill 'Wiehe4 to 10 to tboOM. On repl71ng in
' the attlrmatlTe, BURGO ••• told that he would be traMrerl'ed
r~m his regIment to tbe German Seoret SerTioe
through the S. .. b .V., which was deaoribed b1 KAPPE .. ·tbe
Gonnan Seoret BeM"lce ucover reSirnent". BUlmItrwaa ordered
to report to tbe z.b.V. 800 Regiment Regenwuna camp at
t.tcoerltz, and atter two date, during which time he tilled
In the rSQ.uil'ed ronna, he went to the l.b.V. 8OO.reglment ' •
branch at Brandonburg. He arrlTod at BreMl!mburg on the
11th April 19/,2, where he was given II. BUit of ciT1l1&n
clothes and ordered to repol't to tbo sabotage trutning
8011901 at Quent:.; Lake.
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