Johannes Eppler
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Johannes Eppler, also known as Hans Eppler, John Eppler, and Hussein Gaafer, (born 1914) was a World War II
Abwehr
spy, a German who had been raised in Egypt by his Egyptian stepfather. Eppler was arrested in July 1942 and is the subject of MI5
file KV 2/1467. He is the subject of a book by Leonard Mosley
, "The Cat and the Mice", and is again referenced in Mosley's The Druid.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Abwehr
Abwehr
The Abwehr was a German military intelligence organisation from 1921 to 1944. The term Abwehr was used as a concession to Allied demands that Germany's post-World War I intelligence activities be for "defensive" purposes only...
spy, a German who had been raised in Egypt by his Egyptian stepfather. Eppler was arrested in July 1942 and is the subject of MI5
MI5
The Security Service, commonly known as MI5 , is the United Kingdom's internal counter-intelligence and security agency and is part of its core intelligence machinery alongside the Secret Intelligence Service focused on foreign threats, Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence...
file KV 2/1467. He is the subject of a book by Leonard Mosley
Leonard Mosley
Leonard Mosley was a British journalist, historian, biographer and novelist. His works include five novels and biographies of General George Marshall, Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, Walt Disney, Charles Lindbergh, Du Pont family, Eleanor Dulles, Allen Welsh Dulles, John Foster Dulles and Darryl...
, "The Cat and the Mice", and is again referenced in Mosley's The Druid.
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's novel which partially uses Eppler's activities as a basis.