Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1984 Spies in America : German espionage in the United States, 1935-1945 Joan Irene Miller Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the European History Commons, and the Military History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Miller, Joan Irene, "Spies in America : German espionage in the United States, 1935-1945" (1984). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3579. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.5463 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible:
[email protected]. AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Joan Irene Miller for the Master of Arts in History presented October 26, 1984. Title: Spies in America. German Espionage in the United States, 1935-1945. APPROVED BY MEMBERS OF THE THESIS COMMITTEE: Franklin C. West, Chairman s<ir,nr} v . surke David A. Johns William B. Fischer This thesis addresses the topic of German espionage in the United States between 1935 and 1945. It examines what the expectations were for Germany's spies in America, their activities, and the success or failure of their operations. In addition, the reaction of the American public to these spies is also studied, as well as the response to what was perceived as a threat to the United States from Nazi Germany. 2 Research on this subject reveals that there were a number of German espionage agents involved in several different spy rings operating in the United States before Pearl Harbor.