Citizen of the Shadows (eBook)

The Lives and Lies of Lothar Witzke

Paul Friedland, Robert N. Hornick (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025 | 1., First Edition
504 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
9798895270349 (ISBN)

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"e;A monumental piece of work . . . an amazing accomplishment and a pleasure to read."e;-David Michaelis, author of Eleanor, the bestselling biography of Eleanor RooseveltOne of the most notorious German spies of the twentieth century, Lothar Witzke lived a life that reads like a thriller. Convicted of espionage in 1918, he was the only German spy sentenced to death by the United States during World War I. After the war, he was pardoned by President Calvin Coolidge, only to be later accused of responsibility for one of the most spectacular acts of sabotage in US history: the Black Tom munitions depot explosion.After being repatriated to Germany, Witzke lived in Latin America and China as a German expat and later joined the Nazi party. He ran espionage squads in Great Britain during World War II and became a prominent businessman in Hamburg after the war. He was killed in Hamburg in 1962, possibly by an East German agent as payback for suspected double agent work on behalf of the British.With Citizen of the Shadows, the first full biography of Witzke, Paul Friedland and Robert Hornick trace Witzke's morally complicated life and show readers how an infamous spy thrived in the interwar years and after. They probe his trial, conviction, and pardon, and analyze whether Witzke was really involved in the Black Tom explosion. In doing so, the authors uncover that many of the details of Witzke's life-long assumed to be true-were lies.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.10.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Legacies of War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht
• Schlagworte: America enters World War 1 • American Expeditionary Forces • American home front WW1 • American military intelligence WW1 • Black Tom explosion • Bureau of Investigation WW1 • Cryptography in WW1 • Espionage Act of 1917 • German agents in Mexico • German-American relations WW1 • German diplomatic codes WW1 • German espionage ring • German infiltration of U.S. industry • German propaganda WW1 • German sabotage operations • German sabotage tactics • German sabotage WW1 • German secret agents WW1 • German spies in America • German spies New York • German spies San Francisco • German spies Texas • German spy networks WW1 • German war conspiracies WW1 • German war prisoners WW1 • Kingsland explosion • Lothar Witzke • Lothar Witzke arrest • Lothar Witzke death sentence • Lothar Witzke imprisonment • Lothar Witzke trial • Lusitania Sinking • Mexico and Germany WW1 • Secret Service WW1 • Unrestricted submarine warfare • U.S. anti-German sentiment WW1 • U.S. border security WW1 • U.S. counterintelligence WW1 • U.S. declaration of war 1917 • U.S. Justice Department WW1 • U.S. military censorship WW1 • U.S. naval blockade WW1 • U.S. Naval Intelligence WW1 • U.S. wartime security WW1 • Woodrow Wilson World War 1 • World War 1 espionage • World War 1 sedition laws • World War 1 treason cases • WW1 intelligence operations • WW1 sabotage in the U.S. • Zimmermann Telegram
• ISBN-13: 9798895270349 / 9798895270349