02925nam 2200661 a 450 991045338090332120200520144314.00-8131-3894-91-283-23330-497866132333010-8131-7302-7(CKB)1000000000540918(EBL)792133(OCoLC)262841013(SSID)ssj0000172439(PQKBManifestationID)11179565(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000172439(PQKBWorkID)10151923(PQKB)11454696(MiAaPQ)EBC792133(OCoLC)646768059(MdBmJHUP)muse3324(Au-PeEL)EBL792133(CaPaEBR)ebr10255154(CaONFJC)MIL323330(EXLCZ)99100000000054091820080320d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHitler's man in Havana[electronic resource] Heinz Lüning and Nazi espionage in Latin America /Thomas D. SchoonoverLexington, Ky. University Press of Kentuckyc20081 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8131-2501-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-207) and index.Front cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acronyms/Glossary; Introduction; 1. A Troubled Life; 2. The World He Scarcely Knew; 3. Back to School! Trained as a Nazi Spy; 4. Tested in Action; 5. Failure and Fatality; Photo insert; 6. Their Man in Havana; 7. Graham Greene's Man in Havana; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexAt the beginning of World War II, Heinz August L?ning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. L?ning's assignment was to collect information about the United States and its allies and report back to Abwehr, the German foreign intelligence agency. The Caribbean waters L?ning monitored were important to the Allies both for shipping and for deploying ships between the various fronts. Despite some early setbacks, L?ning provided information on naval activities to the Germans. Ultimately, however, L?ning was arrested and became the only Nazi spy executed in LatiWorld War, 1939-1945Secret serviceGermanyEspionage, GermanCubaSpiesGermanyBiographySpiesCubaBiographyElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Secret serviceEspionage, GermanSpiesSpies940.54/8743098Schoonover Thomas David1936-1037095MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453380903321Hitler's man in Havana2473442UNINA