To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.

Alfred Naujocks

Gestapochef Müller

KZ-Häftling

Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte

Offizier

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Major der Abwehr

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August 23, 1961

Alfred Naujocks

Gestapochef Müller

KZ-Häftling

Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte

Offizier

Acting

Acting

Major der Abwehr

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