Reinhard Nikolaus Karl Spitzy (born 11 February 1912 in Graz,[1] died 2 November 2010[2] in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer) was an Austrian SS Hauptsturmführer (from 1938), Nazi official and diplomat.
[1] He studied at the university until 1934, in 1936 he received the diploma of the Section Diplomatique with distinction from the École libre des sciences politiques in Paris.
[4]In August 1942, he was assigned to Spain and Portugal as an export officer for the German arms mission[1] (officially as a representative of Škoda), for intelligence activities.
From 1943, Spitzy worked with Walter Schellenberg in the Reich Security Main Office[1][2] and Prince Max Egon zu Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897–1968).
On 2 September 1989 he made an extended appearance on the British television discussion programme After Dark, alongside among others Amity Shlaes, Albert Friedlander, Donald Cameron Watt, Franz Schoenhuber and Jozef Garlinski.