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Markus Wolf

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Also known as Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf, Markus Johannes Wolf

Head of the East German foreign intelligence service during the Cold War (1923–2006)

OverviewAI-generated

Markus Wolf was a German individual who lived from 1923 to 2006. He is identified as a person in music databases and has been associated with the country of Germany. His professional output includes five works according to Crossref records, while Open Library lists twenty-six works under his name.

Among his top works are *Bedtime Stories for Wolf Cubs*, *Three Degrees below Hero*, *Mikrobieller Abbau von Bitumen*, *Noah's Starcruiser*, and *Netzwerkgesellschaft - der Stand der soziologischen Netzwerkforschung*. On Last.fm, his music has accumulated 448 plays from 117 listeners. Additionally, his name is referenced by 78 other encyclopedia articles in the Vinony graph.

Synthesized by Vinony from 13 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
26

Top works

  • Bedtime Stories for Wolf Cubs
  • Three Degrees below Hero
  • Mikrobieller Abbau von Bitumen
  • Noah's Starcruiser
  • Netzwerkgesellschaft - der Stand der soziologischen Netzwerkforschung

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
DE
Active from
1938-04-17
Active to
2007-03-10

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
117
Total plays
448

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Markus+Wolf">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Markus Wolf

Key facts

Born
Markus Johannes Wolf , ( 1923-01-19 ) 19 January 1923, Hechingen , Province of Hohenzollern , Weimar Republic
Died
9 November 2006 (2006-11-09) (aged 83), Berlin , Germany
Burial place
Friedrichsfelde Central Cemetery
Other name
Mischa
Alma mater
Moscow Aviation Institute
Parents
Friedrich Wolf (father) Else Wolf (mother)
Relatives
Konrad Wolf (brother)
Allegiance
East Germany
Service branch
General Intelligence Administration ( Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung )
Service years
1951–1986
Rank
Colonel general

via Wikipedia infobox

~12 min read

Encyclopedic overview

Markus Johannes Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006), also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, abbr. MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the Stasi's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War. He is often regarded as one of the most effective spymasters during the Cold War. In the West, he was known as the man without a face as Western agencies reportedly did not know what he looked like until 1978.

Early life and education

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Markus Wolf” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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