Wolfgang Vogel

Politician

1925 – 2008

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Who was Wolfgang Vogel?

Wolfgang Vogel was a German lawyer active in East Germany at the time of the Cold War who had brokered some of the most famous swaps of spies or exchanges against ransom of political prisoners between the Soviet bloc and the West. A bridge between two worlds during three decades, he came to symbolize the ambiguity of his time and environment, and his career was cited as material worthy of Len Deighton and John le Carré.

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Born
Oct 30, 1925
Lower Silesia
Nationality
  • Germany
Profession
Died
Aug 21, 2008
Schliersee

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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