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Everything Everywhere Daily

Hanns Scharff: Master Interrogator of the Luftwaffe

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

If I were to say “prisoner of war interrogator” something rather menacing probably comes to mind. If I were to say “Nazi prisoner of war interrogator” something really menacing probably comes to mind. And If I were to say the “the greatest Nazi prisoner of war interrogator”, you are probably imagining a truly horrifying, evil person. Learn more about Hanns Schraff, and his surprising story, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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If I were to say prisoner of war interrogator something rather menacing might come to mind

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If I were to say Nazi prisoner of war interrogator something really menacing might come to mind

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And if I were to say the greatest Nazi prisoner of war interrogator ever you are probably

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imagining a truly horrifying evil person. Learn more about Han sheriff and

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his rather surprising story on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Travel Photography Academy. In 2007 I sold my home to travel around the world. I bought an expensive

0:45.6

camera that I didn't know how to use and took a bunch of terrible photos.

0:49.0

Several years, a hundred countries, and tens of thousands of photos later, I'd improved my photography

0:54.9

to the point where I was winning national awards, being named Travel Photographer the Year

0:59.0

three times in North America.

1:01.1

I created the Travel Photography Academy so you don't have to spend the many years that I did to improve your photography.

1:07.0

Even though we can't easily travel right now, you can still work on improving your photography at home and in your own community.

1:14.0

Just go to travel photography academy.com or click on the link in the show notes to start improving

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your photography today. in what is today Poland. His father was a Prussian military officer who died in

1:34.2

World War I in the Western Front and he had received two iron crosses for bravery.

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His mother was the daughter of one of the largest textile mill owners in Germany.

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Hans grew up in the family's villa in Leipzig, where the textile mill was located.

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He was trained in art and also spent several years working in the mill to learn about textiles and

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weaving.

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His older brother was tapped to take over the business from their

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grandfather, so Hans went to work for the German company Alder Automotive in their foreign office

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in Johannesburg, South Africa. He excelled in his position, which was originally

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only supposed to be for a year, and was promoted to the head of

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