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	Pfaus started the [[Germanischer Bund]] which was the Midwest distribution center for propaganda printed by the [[Fichte-Bund]] in Germany. Later he was the editor of the Chicago edition of the ''[[Weckruf und Beobachter]]'' the paper of the [[German American Bund]].<ref>''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'', by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, Michael Wala, page 46</ref>		Pfaus started the [[Germanischer Bund]] which was the Midwest distribution center for propaganda printed by the [[Fichte-Bund]] in Germany. Later he was the editor of the Chicago edition of the ''[[Weckruf und Beobachter]]'' the paper of the [[German American Bund]].<ref>''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'', by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, Michael Wala, page 46</ref>

	He returned to Germany in December 1938 and became a director in the English section of the [[Fichte-Bund]] in [[Hamburg]]. He obtained a copy of the [[Franklin Prophecy]] forgery, edited it and reissued a pamphlet titled "A Real Case Against the ~~Jews~~."<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1939/10/23/archive/dies-body-told-how-nazis-direct-anti-semitic-propaganda-in-u-s-from-hamburg "Dies Body Told How Nazis Direct Anti-semitic Propaganda in U.S. from Hamburg" JTA October 23, 1939]</ref>		He returned to Germany in December 1938 and became a director in the English section of the [[Fichte-Bund]] in [[Hamburg]]. He obtained a copy of the [[Franklin Prophecy]] forgery, edited it and reissued a pamphlet titled "A Real Case Against the jews."<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1939/10/23/archive/dies-body-told-how-nazis-direct-anti-semitic-propaganda-in-u-s-from-hamburg "Dies Body Told How Nazis Direct Anti-semitic Propaganda in U.S. from Hamburg" JTA October 23, 1939]</ref>

	Shortly thereafter he began working with German intelligence, the Abwehr.<ref>''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'', by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, Michael Wala, page 46</ref> In 1939 the Abwehr sent Pfaus to Ireland with the cover of a ''[[Frankfurter Zeitung]]'' newspaperman to recruit [[IRA]] leadership in preparation for the coming war.<ref>''Armed Struggle: the History of the IRA'', by Richard English, page 64</ref>		Shortly thereafter he began working with German intelligence, the Abwehr.<ref>''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'', by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, Michael Wala, page 46</ref> In 1939 the Abwehr sent Pfaus to Ireland with the cover of a ''[[Frankfurter Zeitung]]'' newspaperman to recruit [[IRA]] leadership in preparation for the coming war.<ref>''Armed Struggle: the History of the IRA'', by Richard English, page 64</ref>

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'''Oskar Karl Pfaus''' (also '''Oscar C. Pfaus''') was a [[German American]] journalist in [[Chicago]] and later an agent for the [[Abwehr]]. He was born in Illingen, Germany in 1901 and emigrated to the United States in the 1920s. While in America, Pfaus traveled about as a hobo on railcars and claimed to have worked as a prospector, a forester, and cowboy.<ref>''The Spy who spent the war in bed: and Other Bizarre Tales from World War II'', by William B. Breuer, page 12</ref> He gained his American citizenship with his service in the [[United States Army]]<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/investigationofu07unit#page/30/mode/2up ''House Investigation of Un-American Propaganda Activities in the United States'' (1943) Page 30]</ref> serving under General [[George Van Horn Moseley]]. He later settled in [[Chicago]] and became a policeman fighting the [[Al Capone]] mob.

Pfaus started the [[Germanischer Bund]] which was the Midwest distribution center for propaganda printed by the [[Fichte-Bund]] in Germany. Later he was the editor of the Chicago edition of the ''[[Weckruf und Beobachter]]'' the paper of the [[German American Bund]].<ref>''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'', by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, Michael Wala, page 46</ref>

He returned to Germany in December 1938 and became a director in the English section of the [[Fichte-Bund]] in [[Hamburg]]. He obtained a copy of the [[Franklin Prophecy]] forgery, edited it and reissued a pamphlet titled "A Real Case Against the Jews."<ref>[http://www.jta.org/1939/10/23/archive/dies-body-told-how-nazis-direct-anti-semitic-propaganda-in-u-s-from-hamburg "Dies Body Told How Nazis Direct Anti-semitic Propaganda in U.S. from Hamburg" JTA October 23, 1939]</ref>

Shortly thereafter he began working with German intelligence, the Abwehr.<ref>''Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century'', by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, Michael Wala, page 46</ref> In 1939 the Abwehr sent Pfaus to Ireland with the cover of a ''[[Frankfurter Zeitung]]'' newspaperman to recruit [[IRA]] leadership in preparation for the coming war.<ref>''Armed Struggle: the History of the IRA'', by Richard English, page 64</ref>

When he arrived, Pfaus was not well versed in Irish politics and first meet with [[Blue Shirts (Ireland)|Irish fascist]] leader [[Eoin O'Duffy]] who earlier had broken with the IRA.<ref>''Defending Ireland: the Irish State and its Enemies since 1922'', by Eunan O'Halpin, page 147</ref> O'Duffy was hostile to the idea of IRA cooperation however his deputy Captain [[Liam D. Walsh]] proved more helpful to Pfaus in making IRA contacts.<ref>''The Secret Army: the IRA'', by J. Bowyer Bell, page 158</ref> Eventually Pfaus meet with the IRA Chief of Staff [[Sean Russell]] and agreed to send James O’Donovan
as a representative to Germany to explore IRA/Abwehr cooperation. Pfaus made a total of three trips to Ireland between February and August 1939. He was able to obtaine leads on IRA underground in [[Boston]] and [[New York City]] which resulted in the Abwehr sending an agent to America.

Pfaus was a religious eccentric and started a group called the [[Global Brotherhood]].<ref>''Ireland Defined: Espionage through the Ages'', page 218</ref>

After the end of the war Pfaus lived in Hamburg.

==Works==
* ''WE ACCUSE!'' (pamphlet, 1940)

==Notes==
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