Herbert Hans Haupt

Herbert Hans Haupt
Haupt's FBI mugshot on June 27, 1942
Born(1919-12-21)December 21, 1919
Stettin, Free State of Prussia, Weimar Republic
DiedAugust 8, 1942(1942-08-08) (aged 22)
D.C. Jail, Washington, D.C., United States
Citizenship
  • Germany
  • United States
Known forSpying for Nazi Germany
Political partyGerman American Bund
Criminal statusExecuted by electrocution
Children1
ConvictionsActing as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts
Aiding the enemy as an unlawful combatant
Espionage
Conspiracy
Criminal penaltyDeath
Espionage activity
AllegianceNazi Germany
Service years1941–1942
OperationsOperation Pastorius

Herbert Hans Haupt (December 21, 1919 – August 8, 1942) was an American spy and saboteur for Nazi Germany during World War II. He was one of six Nazi saboteurs executed by the United States in 1942 for espionage and sabotage as part of Operation Pastorius; at least two of the implicated men, including Haupt, were American citizens.