One of Munich's most famous landmarks is Karlsplatz/Stachus. During the Cold War, it was a centre of intelligence services. Nowhere else in the city was the density of espionage as high as there. Even a #KGB murder plot took place there. Here is an overview 👇1/8 
1. #OrganisationGehlen (Org.) cover firm Gloria Film Verleih GmbH at Karlsplatz 7. For years, the cinema and film distribution company serves as a cover for operations and staff. The cinema Gloria Palast at Stachus still exists today 2/8
2. #Bundesnachrichtendienst BND cover agency Bundesstelle für Fernmeldestatistik - BFSt at Karlsplatz 7a at Stachus. Active in the 1970s. In most cases, the cover BFSt served the telecommunication-electronic surveillance centres. The office was relocated in the 1980s 3/8
3. BND transmitter in the north tower of the Frauenkirche. It was used by the former #BND surveillance unit QB30 during their secret work in the city until 2011. The transmitter was removed by the BND in 2018. 4/8
4. On 12 October 1957, Lev Rebet is found dead in the stairwell outside his office at Karlsplatz 8. A #KGB assassin spiked his face with prussic acid using a special weapon. Rebet was a leading member of the Ukrainian national movement in Munich 5/8
5. In 1968, the #CIA uses covert donations to found the Ukrainische Gesellschaft für Auslandsstudien e.V. at Karlsplatz 8. This was used to support Ukrainian emigrant organisations. A covert publishing house in New York and the office on Karlsplatz served this purpose 6/8
6. Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft Bayern e.V. am Karlsplatz 11. A displaced persons organisation controlled and enforced by the #OrganisationGehlen. These are displaced Germans from the Czech Republic. They were an important spying tool against the ČSR during the Cold War 7/8
7. During the 1950s, the #OrganisationGehlen front company Erich Eger & Co. was located on the last floor under the roof at Karlsplatz 11-12. The #CIA observed the facility. The US intel service was unable to find out the exact purpose of the secret ‚Empfangsbüro‘ 8/8
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