Sverre Bergh

Sverre Bergh (1 November 1920 – 30 April 2006) was a Norwegian engineer who served as a spy in Nazi Germany during World War II.

Biography

Sverre Bergh was born in Asker outside Oslo, Norway. He was the eldest of three sons born to Erik and Anna Bergh. He had spent time in New York City where his father worked as a municipal engineer. In 1940, he went to Dresden, Germany to study at Dresden Technische Hochschule. Before leaving, he was recruited by the Norwegian intelligence group XU. His role was to investigate information given to him by Paul Rosbaud and report this back to XU and the British Secret Intelligence Service, while living under the cover of being a student.

As a student in Dresden, Bergh could travel relatively freely in Nazi Germany and gather intelligence material. Sverre Bergh was an important source of information on the German technological development. Among other things, he was the first to report on the V2 development in Peenemünde and smuggled out plans for Wasserfall ground-to-air missiles. Bergh studied in Dresden until the city was largely destroyed by allied forces. He continued his spy activities until Nazi capitulation in 1945. He reveals the development of V-2 rocket program and delivering reports about the German nuclear weapon project.

Bergh

Bergh is a former municipality in the Dutch province of Gelderland. The municipality included the villages of 's-Heerenberg, Zeddam, and Stokkum.

In 2005, it merged with Didam to form the new municipality of Montferland.

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Coordinates: 51°53′N 6°15′E / 51.883°N 6.250°E / 51.883; 6.250

Bergh (surname)

Bergh is a surname of Scandinavian origin. Notable people with the surname include:

Bergh (disambiguation)

Bergh, de Bergh, van den Bergh, or variant, may refer to:

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