Georg Hansen

Georg Alexander Hansen (5 July 1904, Sonnefeld, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – 8 September 1944, Plötzensee, Germany) was an ''Oberst'' (Colonel) in the ''Generalstab'' (General Staff of the German Army) and one of the participants in the German Resistance against the Nazis. Chief of the Abwehr Wilhelm Canaris appointed Colonel Hansen as his successor as head of military counterintelligence before his removal from office in February 1944. Provided by Wikipedia