“In the game I was playing, one could not be an amateur.”

— Leopold Trepper

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About Leopold Trepper

Intelligence Agent • Polish

Leopold Trepper was a Polish communist and a Soviet intelligence agent of Polish-Jewish descent. He is renowned as the organizer and leader of the Red Orchestra, a sophisticated anti-Nazi espionage network that operated...

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