Part VII of SWC Operation Report
KLAREN, DR. FRIEDRICH
Dr. Friedrich Klaren was presented to Ron Furey and Richard
Eaton by Wolfgang Juchem (see separate entry) as an example of
his support among average German citizens. Klaren tells an eye-
opening story about his wartime past. He says he was assigned by
his company to spend two days at the Mauthausen concentration
camp (near Linz, Austria) where he was involved in supervising
inmates who worked in the camp's quarries. He claims that camp
officials took extra measures to safeguard the health of quarry
workers by outfitting them with devices to filter out mining dust
as they breathed. After the war, Dr. Klaren (doctorate is in
business administration) continued his career in quarry
operations.
Klaren has high regard for Juchem and is especially
impressed with his abilities as an orator. He says he has
attended meetings where groups of one hundred or more turned out
to hear Juchem. Furthermore, Klaren feels that Juchem is
precisely the kind of candidate who will find support in
veterans' organizations.
KLAUS, EWALD
Ewald Klaus is a former member of the SS and, in fact
admitted to having taken part in the notorious Malmedy massacre
of American soldiers during the Battle of the Ardennes. Klaus
served as a translator for Ron Furey's discussion with Frank
Rennicke (see separate entry). Klaus Ewald, a minor player in
the neo-Nazi movement, is an open Holocaust denier and booster of
the Viking Youth.
KOEBERICH, WILHELM
Wilhelm Koeberich is also known by the code name "Kampfhahn"
(fighting cock). Koeberich is the elder statesman of the neo-
Nazi movement. During the Hitler era, Koeberich was sent to the
Adolf Hitler School as a child prodigy. "Fighting cock" is a
scrawny, fragile-looking individual and by appearance does not
"look the part." Yet he is bright and quite crafty. He collects
and distributes monies to the various neo-Nazi groups and is
adaptable at playing more than one side of the fence at a time.
There are two competing attempts to overthrow the current
Republikaner leadership and take the party even further to the
right (see entries for Thrun and Juchem). Koeberich is involved
in both of them and neither group knows of the other!
Koeberich is a virulent antisemite, Holocaust denier, and
admirer of Adolf Hitler. Koeberich was secretly filmed by the
CBS crew which accompanied Ron Furey.
KOPPS, REINHOLD (AKA JUAN MALER)
According to Roy Godenau (see separate entry) Reinhold Kopps
was an intelligence officer serving with the Abwehr (German
military intelligence) in Albania, where he was engaged in
"cleaning out" partisans. After the war, Kopps worked out of the
Vatican with the "ratline" before making good his own escape to
South America. Kopps took a list of Abwehr officers stationed
throughout the world with him.
Kopps now lives as Juan Maler in the town of San Carlos de
Bariloche near the Chilean border.
Kopps/Maler is a publisher of anti-masonic and antisemitic
materials who employs Godenau as a traveling salesman for his
literature. Godenau has also admitted to "moving" money for
Kopps, as well as serving as his go-between with other members of
the Nazi movement in 52 countries.
During the first week of April, 1993, S.W.C. researcher,
Richard Eaton, flew to Argentina where he met with Kopps on three
occasions. During one of these meetings, Kopps provided Eaton
with a letter of introduction to a contact in Luxembourg who
could be trusted to funnel large sums of money to various neo-
Nazi groups in Germany.
Interestingly, Kopps also recommended Mark Weber (see entry)
to Mr. Eaton for a separate project.
KRAUSE, KARL WILHELM
As Hitler's personal valet and bodyguard, Karl Wilhelm
Krause is viewed a major icon of the neo-Nazi movement. During
his service with Hitler, Krause stuck so close to his boss that
the Fuehrer nicknamed him his "shadow." Interviewed by Ron Furey
and Richard Eaton, Krause offered insights into Hitler's
personality - all of them positive.
End of Part VII