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Article: Dead man on furlough: Willi Munzenberg's wars.(Biography)
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- Queen's Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 22, 2004
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The great maw of Stalinism had a voracious appetite both for intrigue and for the lives of Soviet citizens. Millions were sacrificed to the regime's endless suspicions and relentless prosecutions; the Gulag swallowed up dissidents, innocents, and countless devoted communists. And during these years one of the most committed and effective Soviet operatives was the legendary Willi Munzenberg--a powerful personality and energetic intellect who worked tirelessly to promote Moscow's interests from London to Hollywood, even as he felt the noose tighten around his own neck.
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