Paul Reckzeh

Paul Reckzeh (4 November 1913 in Berlin – 31 March 1996 in Hamburg) was a physician and Gestapo spy who at the end of 1943 betrayed the members of the Solf Circle, which he had joined while claiming to be a Swiss doctor.

In August 1943, he received an assignment to go to Switzerland to ascertain what kind of contacts German emigrants had with the Allies.

In the cases brought against Kiep and von Thadden before the Volksgerichtshof, Reckzeh served as the main witness.

The following judgements were made: Due to his co-operation and activities with the Gestapo, Reckzeh was arrested at the end of the war by SMERSH on 10 May 1945.

The GDR Minister of the Interior then brought charges against Reckzeh of acting as a spy who had caused harm to others due to their political opposition to Nazism.