Hans Assmann
Hans Assmann (1923- June 1998, Danderyd hospital,
Sweden) was a
German who later emigrated to
Finland and still later to Sweden. Allegedly, he was a
KGB spy. A known fact is that a man with that name lived in Finland in 1950's and 1960's.
A former policeman, editor
Matti Paloaro claims that Assmann called him in December 1997 and asked him to come and listen to his life story. According to Paloaro, Assmann told that he had served in SS troops and also as a guard in Auschwitz. He was disappointed with Nazism after he fell in love with a Jewish girl. When the relationship was found out, he was sent to the
Eastern Front. He was captured by Soviets and sent to prison camp. There, he chose to become a spy.
Assmann has also been linked to the
Lake Bodom murders as a potential suspect, though he had an alibi.
*Matti Paloaro & Jorma Palo 2004: "Luottamus tai kuolema, Hans Assmannin tarina"
