Helmut Clissmann, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Helmut Clissmann

Date of Birth: 11-May-1911

Date of Death: 06-Nov-1997

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Helmut Clissmann

  • Helmut Clissman (11 May 1911 – 6 November 1997) was a German spy (Abwehr agent), active in Ireland during World War II.He engineered the release of Frank Ryan from Spanish prison.
  • Before World War 2 Clissmann was active in the German academic exchange service in Dublin.
  • He was involved in both Operation Lobster and Operation Sea Eagle which were both failed operations with the intent of getting Clissmann into Ireland.He became a businessman and set up an agency to import pharmaceutical products.
  • He was also a founding member of what is now the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and Amnesty International Ireland.
  • St Killian's German school was co-founded by him and he was made its honorary president-for-life.Clissmann was friends with fellow German spy Jupp Hoven.
  • He married a Sligo woman Budge Mulcahy and had multiple children.

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