Red Orchestra

Die Rote Kapelle (Red Orchestra) was the name created by the Gestapo for two supposedly Communist resistance rings in Nazi-occupied Europe during World War II. The Gestapo used the name Red Orchestra to refer to the Schulze-Boysen group, a ring of anti-Hitler Germans with only a tenuous connection to the Soviet Union. The Gestapo also used the name Red Orchestra to refer to the Trepper espionage group of European Communists.

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Gestapo - Communist - Nazi - Europe - World War II - Hitler - Germans - Soviet Union

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The name Red Orchestra is reputed to have been created by the Gestapo. German counterintelligence learned that the Moscow NKVD espionage headquarters referred to their spies' radio transmitters as "music boxes," and that they called their agents "musicians". German counterintelligence began to call the perceived Soviet covert network die Rote Kapelle — the Red Orchestra.

Related Topics:
Counterintelligence - Moscow - NKVD

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