Codeword: Direktor
Subtitle: the story of the Red Orchestra.
By: Translated from the German by Richard Barry.
Edition: [1st American ed.]
Publisher: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Published: 1971
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 310
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Soviet Union.
Description: "Its efficient prewar espionage system depleted by Stalinist purges, the Soviet Union undertook a desperate, crash training program to replace executed agents as Hitler's Reich goose-stepped relentlessly toward war. Under the brilliant leadership of a professional revolutionary, Leopold Trepper (The Grand Chef), a group of ill-prepared recruits was molded into an extensive and chillingly effective spy network." -- Taken from book jacket flap.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 291-295.
Translation of Kennwort: Direktor.