Intelligence Officer at Department Ic (Abteilung Ic): "In the German military structure, the department was responsible for a range of tasks encompassing intelligence and signals analysis, counter-espionage, interrogation of prisoners-of-war, post control, outward enemy propaganda as well as inward propaganda and political cultivation within the German army." in: A Friend and a Foe? Interpreters in WWII in Finland and Norway Embodying Frontiers, by Pekka Kujamäki, p.4