Friend of Nazi saboteur indicted for treason: 1942
Herman Heinrich C. J. Faje, one of fourteen people charged in civilian courts with aiding eight Nazi saboteurs who landed by submarine on U.S. shores In June 1942, is shown in a mugshot after his arrest.
Faje was aa close friend of Henrich Heinck, one of a group of German Nazi saboteurs who landed by U-boat near what is now Atlantic Beach on June 17, 1942.
Herman Faje born 1906 in Hamburg Germany and came to the United States in 1928. He lived in New York with his wife Hildegarde who was two years his junior. Upon arrival in the U.S., Faje worked as a steward aboard the Hamburg-American Line and on private yachts, in New York restaurants and as a hairdresser.
The German couple were naturalized citizens with Herman Fage becoming a citizen in 1936. Herman Faje and his wife Hlldegarde (no photo available), were Indicted on treason charges in November 1942 for harboring and helping Heinck.
They were specifically charged with holding $3,600 in money that Heinck had been provided and hiding the money belt in a radiator in their home. They were also allegedly fully aware of how Heinck and Richard Quirin had arrived and what their plans were.
Heinck allegedly told Faje that any German who helped the saboteurs would get an Iron Cross 2nd class medal for their efforts.
The eight saboteurs were quickly convicted--six of whom, including Heinck and Quirin, were executed in August 1942; one received a life sentence; and one received 30 years imprisonment following a Washington, D.C. military trial.
Fourteen other people, including the Fajes, were charged with aiding the eight saboteurs. The Fages were charged with treason and the government was seeking the death penalty.
The Fage’s trial was postponed in late 1942, but the two were apparently held as enemy aliens until January 1946 when Herman Faje pled guilty to a lesser charge. He was sentenced to five years in prison while charges were dropped against his wife.
Of the others charged with aiding the saboteurs some received various prison terms, some had charges dropped, some were detained as enemy aliens and deported after the war ended.
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The photographer is unknown. The image is believed to be a U.S. government photograph. It is housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.
Friend of Nazi saboteur indicted for treason: 1942
Herman Heinrich C. J. Faje, one of fourteen people charged in civilian courts with aiding eight Nazi saboteurs who landed by submarine on U.S. shores In June 1942, is shown in a mugshot after his arrest.
Faje was aa close friend of Henrich Heinck, one of a group of German Nazi saboteurs who landed by U-boat near what is now Atlantic Beach on June 17, 1942.
Herman Faje born 1906 in Hamburg Germany and came to the United States in 1928. He lived in New York with his wife Hildegarde who was two years his junior. Upon arrival in the U.S., Faje worked as a steward aboard the Hamburg-American Line and on private yachts, in New York restaurants and as a hairdresser.
The German couple were naturalized citizens with Herman Fage becoming a citizen in 1936. Herman Faje and his wife Hlldegarde (no photo available), were Indicted on treason charges in November 1942 for harboring and helping Heinck.
They were specifically charged with holding $3,600 in money that Heinck had been provided and hiding the money belt in a radiator in their home. They were also allegedly fully aware of how Heinck and Richard Quirin had arrived and what their plans were.
Heinck allegedly told Faje that any German who helped the saboteurs would get an Iron Cross 2nd class medal for their efforts.
The eight saboteurs were quickly convicted--six of whom, including Heinck and Quirin, were executed in August 1942; one received a life sentence; and one received 30 years imprisonment following a Washington, D.C. military trial.
Fourteen other people, including the Fajes, were charged with aiding the eight saboteurs. The Fages were charged with treason and the government was seeking the death penalty.
The Fage’s trial was postponed in late 1942, but the two were apparently held as enemy aliens until January 1946 when Herman Faje pled guilty to a lesser charge. He was sentenced to five years in prison while charges were dropped against his wife.
Of the others charged with aiding the saboteurs some received various prison terms, some had charges dropped, some were detained as enemy aliens and deported after the war ended.
For more information and related images, see flic.kr/s/aHsmPiRmT4
The photographer is unknown. The image is believed to be a U.S. government photograph. It is housed in the D.C. Library Washington Star Collection.