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He engineered the release of [[Frank Ryan (Irish republican)|Frank Ryan]] from a Spanish prison. {{cn|date=November 2021}} {{how|date=November 2021}} Before World War II, Clissmann was active in the German academic exchange service in Dublin.<ref name=hi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.historyireland.com/20th-century-contemporary-history/new-evidence-on-iranazi-links/|title=New evidence on IRA/Nazi links|date=February 26, 2013}}</ref> He was involved in both [[Operation Lobster]] and [[Operation Sea Eagle]] which were both failed operations with the intent of getting Clissmann into Ireland.<ref name=it/>
In 2012, a danish research paper revealed that during his time as an [[Abwehr]] agent Clissmann was responsible for training two danish pro-nazi covert anti-partisan groups called [[Schiøler Group]]. He was surprisingly let off during the post-war Nazi court cases in Denmark and travelled shortly afterwards to Ireland.<ref name=hi>{{Cite web|url=https://https://www.yumpu.com/da/document/view/17672251/941-et-diis/|title=Schiøler-Gruppen Danske Terrorister i Tysk Tjeneste|date=July 17, 2013}}</ref>
He became a businessman and set up an agency to import pharmaceutical products. He was also a founding member of what is now the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association and [[Amnesty International Ireland]]. St Killian's German School was co-founded by him and he was made its honorary president-for-life.<ref name=it/>
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