Working Class History cover image

E63: Mildred Fish-Harnack, part 1

Working Class History

00:00

The Great Purge in Russia

Arvid was given a code name at this point, a balt. And he was rather resistant to the idea of being a spy. He would insist over and over again that he was an anti fascist. But despite harvi's reluctance, he was getting hold of extremely high value intelligence. The n k v d was responsible for both internal security within the soviet union and espionage abroad. It was thrown into complete chaos by the great purge in russia. So stalens purge is basically wiped out therussian embassy in berlin. Among arvid's contacts there, he had about nine contacts there. Five of them were executed, including his control officer at the n k vd

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app