Nazi Germany's Secret Spy Office

During World War II, officers within the German intelligence service Abwehr had cover identities as diplomats and government officials at the embassy located on Hovslagargatan 2, and after 1942 on Nybrogatan 27. One of the later known spies is the German journalist Rudolf Fleck, who among other things gather classified information from seemingly innocent Swedish officers. Fleck is sentenced to several years in prison in 1940. The house on Nybrogatan also housed the physician Axel Munthe between the years 1871 and 1887. Munthe is perhaps best known as the personal physician and author of the internationally recognized book The Story of San Michele.