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Man without a face : the autobiography of communism's ......
Markus Wolf
| Head (1958–87) of foreign intelligence of the GDR, Colonel General of State Security Date of Birth: 19.01.1923 Country: Germany |
Content:
- Biography of Markus Wolf
- Early Career
- Later Career and Controversy
- Literary Career and Death
Biography of Markus Wolf
Markus Wolf, the head (1958-1987) of the foreign intelligence of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was born in the city of Hechingen (Württemberg) into a family of Jewish doctor, writer, and communist Friedrich Wolf.
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In 1934, after the Nazis came to power, Markus emigrated to Switzerland with his parents and younger brother, Konrad, and later to the USSR. In Moscow, Markus initially studied at the German Karl Liebknecht School, then at the Russian Friedrich Nansen School.
With the start of the Great Patriotic War, the Wolf family was evacuated to Kazakhstan, where Markus Wolf was sent to the Comintern School, which trained agents for deployment behind enemy lines. Due to a series of failures