About
Theodor Dannecker worked in Eichmann’s section and became its adviser in occupied France. He pressed French and German offices to carry out arrests and deportations.
He later worked in Bulgaria, Italy, and Hungary. U.S. forces captured him in Dec 1945, and he died by suicide in custody.
In this interview
Eichmann gives Dannecker as his man in Paris and uses him to explain how IV B 4 advisers worked with German envoys, police chiefs, and local governments.
Read with care
One reviewed note says the typed page spells the name Danecker with one n. Keep that exact form for matching, but use Dannecker as the label.
Exact scans
- File 85, scan 00048
Eichmann lists Dannecker in Paris beside advisers in Bratislava and Athens.
- File 85, scan 00049
Eichmann says he visited Dannecker or ordered him to Berlin.
- File 85, scan 00052
The speakers examine whether Dannecker had direct police power in France.