Hitler's man in Havana
Subtitle: Heinz Lüning and Nazi espionage in Latin America
By: Thomas D. Schoonover.
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lexington, Ky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780813125015
Subjects: Lüning, Heinz, -- 1911-1942; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany; Espionage, German -- Cuba; Spies -- Germany -- Biography; Spies -- Cuba -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: When Heinz Lning posed as a Jewish refugee to spy for Hitler's Abwehr espionage agency, he thought he had discovered the perfect solution to his most pressing problem: how to avoid being drafted into Hitler's army. Lning was unsympathetic to Fascist ideology, but the Nazis' tight control over exit visas gave him no chance to escape Germany. He could enter Hitler's army either as a soldier ... or a spy. In 1941, he entered the Abwehr academy for spy training and was given the code name "Lumann." Soon after, Lning began the service in Cuba that led to his ultimate fate of being the only German spy executed in Latin America during World War II.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.