The Nine Lives of Otto Katz: The Remarkable Story of a Communist Super-spy
- ISBN-10
- 0553820184
- ISBN-13
- 9780553820188
- Category
- Anti-Nazi movement
- Pages
- 491
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Random House
- Author
- Jonathan Miles
Description
Communist spy Otto Katz played a crucial role in the history of the first half of the 20th century. His story takes us from Bohemian Prague to Weimar Berlin, from the Reichstag fire to the Spanish Civil War and World War II, from Paris to London and New York.
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