[1] During the interwar period he helped co-found, on instruction from the Reichsluftfahrtministerium, the Signals intelligence organization called the Forschungsamt (Abbr.
[2] During his time at the Reichswehr cipher bureau, Schimpf was somewhat of a dark horse, who had organized within it a Nazi Party cell, in secret.
He undertook several trips abroad to link the Abwehr cipher bureau with Italian Armed Forces, e.g. Servizio Informazioni Militare and also set up a small illicit German intercept station on a private estate near Barcelona in Spain.
[2] Schimpf has made a large number of contacts, and leading personalities with fascist organizations in Italy and Spain, which attracted Göring.
[2] By 30 June 1934, during the Night of the Long Knives, Schimpf had been promoted to ministerial rank (German: Ministerialrat), which ensured for himself a position of great power.
Later people were informed he committed suicide, with a dozen locations mentioned as the place of death, with one story that he killed himself with a lady friend.
A large wreath was delivered with the inscription: To my Faithful Collaborator Hans Schimpf, In Gratitude Hermann Göring This was followed by an address by State Secretary Erhard Milch and a salute of honour.