Johann Fennhoff

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"Now I need your complete focus. Do I have that?"

- Doctor Ivchenko

Doctor Johann Fennhoff is a psychiatrist who realized he could use his techniques to the point of fully hypnotizing other people. Calling himself Ivchenko, re-arranging the name of Private Ovechkin, the first man he helped save with his methods, he was recruited as a scientist working for Leviathan.

Early Life
"I lost my wife and children to Leviathan." "I'm sorry."

- Ivchenko and Roger Dooley

Fennhoff had a brother that he loved. He was once married and had children.

Military Camp
In 1943, Fennhoff was stationed in an army camp for the Soviet Armed Forces. While at the camp, he was reading a book called "The Tragic Life of Doctor Faustus". During his reading, he was interrupted by a surgeon, who wanted his assistance during an amputation of the leg of a soldier, called Ovechkin. He was hesitant at first, but agreed to help nonetheless. Fennhoff used his hypnosis-technique on the soldier, who focused on the memory of a game of chess he had with his mother before he enlisted in the army. As Ovechkin was completely focused on the memory, the surgeons could amputate his leg without Ovechkin feeling any pain.

Battle of Finow
"I was only spared because I had a gas mask to protect myself. My comrades were not so lucky. My brother wasn't so lucky. When I found him, he had no eyes. Pieces of his flesh had been bitten off."

- Ivchenko to Howard Stark

Fennhoff and his brother were among the soldiers deployed to fight in Finow, Germany. Choosing to wear a gas mask, he was not affected when General John McGinnis deployed the invention called Midnight Oil. Fennhoff's brother was killed in the massacre that resulted.

Captured
"My most heartfelt congratulates. You have all been selected to join Leviathan."

- Fyodor

Ivchenko was one of four men captured by Leviathan in 1944. These four were told that they had the option not to join the Soviet organization. When one of the four said that he wanted to be with his family, he was stabbed in the jugular vein; the remaining three were told that his family would be killed and they all will be together. Ivchenko chose to remain alive.

Discipline
Ivchenko was in a prison cell near the Red Room Academy when Peggy Carter and the Howling Commandos found him in 1946. He explained to them that he was imprisoned to keep the genius scientist Nikola focused and disciplined; he saw the world differently than most and Ivchenko kept him calm so that he could create a Photonic Amplifier from blueprints made by Howard Stark.

Carter and the Commandos freed Ivchenko and Nikola from their prison; however, in the ensuing firefight to escape the Red Room Academy, Nikola took Happy Sam Sawyer hostage to trade for his freedom. Nikola would no longer listen to Ivchenko; he killed Nikola, tearfully. Ivchenko chose to go to New York City with Carter since he said he had nowhere else to go and he wanted to help to stop the schemes of Leviathan. Ivchenko was brought to the New York Bell Company Office to speak with Roger Dooley.

Coded Message
Ivchenko told Chief Roger Dooley how he was captured by Leviathan. Jack Thompson watched as Peggy Carter tried to get as much information as Ivchenko knew about the Red Room Academy, but he claimed he was only a psychologist, so he knew very little.

While he and Dooley were alone, Ivchenko tried to get Dooley to look out the window, but Dooley would not leave his chair. Meanwhile, Ivchenko was receiving a coded message from Dottie Underwood in the window across the street; she had a high powered rifle to kill the chief. Ivchenko then used his fingers to tap and scratch the windowsill of the office as Underwood watched; he told her that he needed more time in his mission, but Peggy Carter was her new target.

Brainwashing Agents
Ivchenko made observations that he shared with Dooley about Dooley's home life and family relationships. Dooley became captivated by what Ivchenko was saying; all along, Ivchenko was playing with a ring he wore as he talked to Dooley in a hypnotic tone. However, Daniel Sousa interrupted the conversation to speak to his leader.

Ivchenko was told that he would be watched by Agent Yauch as Dooley dealt with the flight of Peggy Carter. He talked to Yauch in a hypnotic tone as he rubbed his ring; Yauch began telling all he knew about the Howard Stark investigation and inventions to Ivchenko. Ivchenko then instructed Yauch on how to commit suicide.

Obtaining Item 17
Ivchenko used his power on Chief Roger Dooley and stood with him to watch as Peggy Carter was being interrogated. Jack Thompson entered to tell Dooley about the death of Agent Yauch; Ivchenko said that Yauch was a good man. Thompson questioned Dooley as to why Ivchenko was with him during an interrogation, but Ivchenko chose to return to Dooley's office than cause a confrontation.

Carter saw Ivchenko communicating in Morse Code with someone across the street; after writing down the message, she informed Dooley, Thompson, and Daniel Sousa. Dooley sent the agents across the street to investigate while he kept a closer eye on Ivchenko. As he closed the window, Ivchenko saw a team of agents crossing the street. This prompted him to use his talent on Dooley in order to obtain Item 17 from the laboratory of Alex Doobin. While he was there, he also got the Explosive Vest. Dottie Underwood brought a car to get Ivchenko from the New York Bell Company; he told her that the Strategic Scientific Reserve would be too busy to pursue them for the moment. He had previously used his power to give the explosive vest to Dooley and to leave the building uncontested. Ivchenko told Underwood that Item 17 needed to be tested since it had been dormant for so long.

Captivity
Fennhoff was muzzled to keep him from speaking and placed in the same prison cell as Arnim Zola. He listened as Zola told him that it was good that he was in an American prison. Zola asked him to write to him as a form of communication.

Personality
When Ivchenko was called Fennhoff during World War II, he was a kind, sympathetic man. Seeing the pain in a Soviet Soldier facing amputation, Fennhoff did everything within his power to allow him to survive.

However, Fennhoff was captured by Leviathan and became Ivchenko.

Ivchenko is a ruthless operative. Hiding behind a persona of good will, he is able to manipulate others and hypnotise them. He has a complete disregard for human life as he did not only kill SSR agents but killed innocent civilians just to test a stolen weapon.

Powers
"They say you can numb a man's mind to make him feel no pain."

- Surgeon


 * Hypnosis: Using his voice and a ring, Ivchenko can hypnotize his victims and make them do whatever he wants. He was able to make Agent Yauch commit suicide by walking into traffic. He also manipulated Roger Dooley to help him steal an item and force him to wear an Explosive Vest that would end up killing him.

Abilities
"I'll do anything I can."

- Ivchenko


 * Expert Spy: Ivchenko was able to fool agents of the SSR into letting them believe that he wanted to be their ally, but he actually planned to infiltrate the office and retrieve a particular item for Leviathan.

Family

 * Brother †
 * Wife †
 * Children †

Allies

 * Leviathan
 * Fyodor
 * Dottie Underwood
 * Pasha † - Fellow Captive
 * Howling Commandos
 * Dum Dum Dugan
 * Happy Sam Sawyer
 * Junior Juniper †
 * Pinky Pinkerton
 * Arnim Zola † - Fellow Inmate

Enemies

 * Nikola † - Ally turned Victim
 * Howard Stark
 * Strategic Scientific Reserve
 * Jack Thompson - Liberator turned Jailor
 * Mike Li † - Liberator
 * Rick Ramirez - Liberator
 * Peggy Carter - Liberator turned Target
 * Roger Dooley † - Thrall turned Victim
 * Yauch † - Thrall turned Victim
 * Daniel Sousa - Jailor

Appearances

 * Agent Carter
 * Season One
 * The Iron Ceiling
 * A Sin to Err
 * Snafu
 * Valediction

Trivia

 * In the comics, Johann Fennhoff was a brilliant psychiatrist and mind-manipulator, assuming the codename Doctor Faustus, and becoming a frequent enemy of Captain America. This was referenced at the beginning of the episode Snafu when he was reading 's .