Accusations of spying for Russia (Alexander Schmorell)

The assumption that I maintain contact with Russian persons or agencies for the purpose of passing along information is unfounded. I must certainly defend myself against such an accusation, because there is no basis for it.

The photograph of a Russian pilot and the address of a Russian POW that were found during the search have no meaning in this context, because I found the photographs on the occasion of my service on the Eastern Front. I did not know the pilot who had crashed.

I met the Russian POW named Andrejeff at Field Hospital Plankenhorn. I talked with him often and as a precaution had his address written down so we could look one another up after the war. We have not corresponded.

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Date is estimate, based on correspondence from the friends on the Russian front. Could have been earlier or later that Alexander Schmorell met the above-mentioned Russians.-Ed.

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Source: RGWA, February 26, 1943 interrogation of Alexander Schmorell.