Otto Katz
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Otto Katz, also known as André Simone amongst other aliases, was a Czech agent. He was one of the most influential agents of the Soviet Union under Stalin in Western intellectual and artistic circles
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Egon Kisch
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Egon Erwin Kisch was an Austro-Hungarian and Czechoslovak writer and journalist, who wrote in German. He styled himself Der rasende Reporter for his countless travels to the far corners of the globe a
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…to his allowance, he published some poems privately. Rudolf Fuchs, a German Jewish writer, encouraged him to become a writer. He was also close to Egon Kisch with whom he shared communist political views. He met a leftist actress Sonya Bogsová, whom he married but their communist activities monitored by the…
Kisch in Sydney, 1934
Kisch (far right) in Der Roter Helfer, April 1927
Willi Münzenberg set up a multitude of Communist Front organizations sending Egon Kisch to promote Comintern propaganda throughout the world
Kisch on board the Strathaird bound for Australia, November 1934