Even 35 years after German reunification, they still crop up from time to time: fates and biographies from the shadowy world of agents and secret services. They are often discovered and processed in archives or databases after years of research by historians. But only rarely are they brought to the surface of contemporary history by relatives themselves.
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BUCHCOVER Mein Vater, der Spion!
When Jürgen Tatzkow was 15 years old, his parents were sentenced to long prison terms in the GDR as CIA agents. His father Horst Tatzkow began his career as an agent in East Berlin after the war. By then, he had already made a career loyal to the line and was a functionary in the GDR state apparatus. He then made a 180-degree turn and was recruited by the CIA in 1958.
in 1968, the State Security exposed him and sentenced him to "life imprisonment". In prison, the Stasi turned him around - and from then on, he had a new employer. He was now a double agent.
- But why did the CIA only pay Horst Tatzkow his outstanding agent's salary of DM 100,000 after reunification?
- What valuable data did he actually deliver to the CIA?
- What was the Stasi's mission?
These questions tormented his son Jürgen Tratzkow, for whom his father's adventurous life was not without consequences.
PARTICIPANTS
- Jürgen Tatzkow, author & contemporary witness
MODERATION
- Prof. Dr. Helmut Müller-Enbergs, political scientist
Admission free
(TALK IN GERMAN)
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Dates
June 2025
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