Facts: - death date: 21 august 2008 - birth date: 30 october 1925 - name: wolfgang vogel - death place: schliersee , bavaria - birth place: lower silesia - occupation: dr. jur . h.c. lawyer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of wolfgang vogel .
wolfgang vogel -lrb- 30 october 1925 -- 21 august 2008 -rrb- 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 carre .