Halina Szymańska

Halina Szymańska was a Polish resistance fighter. During World War II she made as an agent of British intelligence MI6 for the connection between the military resistance in the Official foreign / defense in the High Command of the Wehrmacht Wilhelm Canaris and Gisevius and the Allies. She also had direct connections to residents of the French intelligence service Deuxieme Reseau Allen Welsh Dulles and the OSS.

Life

Halina Szymańska was married to Antoni Szymański (1894-1973), the last Polish military attaché of the Second Polish Republic in Berlin. Shortly before the outbreak of war, she returned with her family back to Poland. Canaris made ​​by an officer of the Defense Office of the Wehrmacht in occupied Poland looking for and was able to locate in Lublin. Canaris made ​​sure that they could emigrate to Switzerland. He then struck a deal with her to exchange information with the British intelligence service can. There were subsequently several personal encounters between Canaris and Szymańska, also in the territories occupied by the Wehrmacht Paris. In addition Gisevius served as a courier.