Hans Assmann ( December 9 , 1923 – June 19 , 1998 in Danderyd hospital in Sweden ) was a German who immigrated to Finland and still later to Sweden . Allegedly , he was a KGB spy . A known fact is that he lived in Finland in 1950s and 1960s . A former police officer , editor Matti Paloaro claims that Assmann called him in December 1997 and asked him to come and listen to his life story . According to Paloaro , Assmann told him that he had served in SS troops and also as a guard in Auschwitz during World War II . He was disappointed with Nazism after he fell in love with a Jewish girl . When the relationship was found out , he was sent to the Eastern Front . He was captured by Soviets and sent to prison camp . There , he chose to become a spy . Assmann has also been linked to the Lake Bodom murders as a potential suspect . According to the Finnish police , he had an alibi . He has also been linked in two other unsolved murder cases in Finland , including that of Kyllikki Saari
Lake Bodom murders
Lake Bodom murders
Hans Assmann