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Johnny : a spy's life / R.S. Rose and Gordon D. Scott.
Van Pelt Library UB271.G72 G69 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rose, R. S., 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Graaf, Johnny de, 1894-1980.
- Spies--Great Britain--Biography.
- Spies.
- Anti-fascist movements.
- History.
- Relations.
- Espionage, British.
- Germans.
- Great Britain.
- Canada.
- Soviet Union.
- Intelligence officers--Great Britain--Biography.
- Intelligence officers.
- Germans--Great Britain--Biography.
- Espionage, British--History--20th century.
- Great Britain--Relations--Soviet Union.
- Soviet Union--Relations--Great Britain.
- Spies--Canada--Biography.
- Anti-fascist movements--Canada--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Canada.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, [2010]
- Summary:
- "The life and career of a spy, the German-born Johann Heinrich Amadeus "Johnny" de Graaf (1894-1980), who was a double agent for the British against the Soviets before the Second World War, and worked for Canada against Canadian Fascists during the war"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Wilhelmshaven
- Merchant marine
- Conscripted
- Osowiec
- Germany in chaos
- Die KPD
- The Moscow student
- Assignment Romania
- British missions
- Berlin and Prague
- Manchuria and China
- Brazil one
- Argentina
- The return to Moscow
- Brazil two
- The War's first years
- The Montreal nests
- A man from the sea
- To catch a submarine
- The Control Commission
- Home
- Epilogue
- ... and the others
- Aliases.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780271035697
- 0271035692
- OCLC:
- 402541557
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