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Markus Wolf

Head of the East German foreign intelligence service during the Cold War (1923–2006) · MfS

DescriptionHead of the East German foreign intelligence service during the Cold War (1923–2006)
Source: Wikidata
Born1923-01-19
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
BirthplaceHechingen Hechingen
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Died2006-11-09
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
Place of deathBerlin Berlin
Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata
AreaBerlin
Source: MusicBrainz
CountryDE
Source: MusicBrainz
CitizenshipEast Germany Soviet Union Germany
Source: Wikidata
Occupationwriter journalist Q127327673 intelligence officer editing staff functionary spy
Source: Wikidata
AwardsHero of Labour Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Order of Karl Marx Patriotic Order of Merit Scharnhorst Order Order of the Red Banner Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms"
Source: Wikidata

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M. Wolf

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