Operation 7

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Operation 7 is the name given to a successful attempt to smuggle fourteen Jews into Switzerland using false papers in August and September 1942. The operation was devised by Abwehr members Hans von Dohnanyi and Wilhelm Canaris, and carried out with the support of Dohnanyi's brother-in-law Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who arranged visas and sponsors for the Jews.Originally, the plan included only seven Jews, but this was later increased to fourteen.The operation, which involved removing the Jews from deportation lists, making them agents of Abwehr and persuading Swiss official to accept them, took over a year to plan and execute.