Hans Clemens

Who was Hans Clemens?

Johannes Max Clemens was a German functionary of respectively the SS, Sicherheitsdienst was primarily the intelligence service of the SS and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Perhaps he is the same that Viktor Klemperer defines as "animal" in his diaries and that answered to a victim of his brutality who asked him "why do you hate me so much?", "Simply because you are jew". Then he participated to the Gehlen Organization and Bundesnachrichtendienst, and finally he made his job for the KGB.

Clemens was part of a group of Soviet spies that were put on trial in 1963. His co-defendants were Heinz Felfe and Erwin Tiebel. Clemens received a 10-years sentence for treason.