Markus Johannes Wolf, also known as Mischa, was a German spymaster who served as the head of the Main Directorate for Reconnaissance, the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for S
Wolf in 1989
Friedrich Wolf with his wife Else and their sons Markus (left) and Konrad (right), 1926
Wolf at the Alexanderplatz demonstration, 4 November 1989
Grave in Zentralfriedhof Friedrichsfelde (Berlin)
Konrad Wolf was an East German film director. He was the son of writer, doctor and diplomat Friedrich Wolf, and the younger brother of Stasi spymaster Markus Wolf. "Koni" was his nickname.
Markus Wolf
…physician Friedrich Wolf (1888–1953) and his mother was the nursery teacher Else Wolf (née Dreibholz; 1898–1973). He had one brother, the film director Konrad Wolf (1925–1982). His father was a member of the Communist Party of Germany (KPD), and after the anti-communist Nazi Party (NSDAP) gained power in 1933…
Konrad Wolf addressing NVA soldiers in 1981, under the motto Kunst ist Waffe ("art is weapon", a quote from his father Friedrich Wolf).