Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909-1942) the leader of one of the three major Russian spy networks in Germany during World War II (1939-1945). Through connections of his wife, Schulze-Boysen secured an appointment in the intelligencedivision of the Reich Air Ministry and covertly began sending Germany's war plans to Moscow. A prominent member of Berlin society, rubbing shoulders with the highest ranking members of the Naziregime, he used his position to gain vital information to transmit to the Russians; however, in August 1942 he was caught, convicted of high treason and executed.