Mystery of Olga Chekhova

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Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her. The extraordinary story of how the whole family survived the Russian Revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union becomes, in Antony Beevor's hands, a breathtaking tale of compromise and survival in a merciless age.

subjects: Biography,  Actors,  Spies,  Biography & Autobiography,  History,  Nonfiction,  World war, 1939-1945, secret service, soviet union,  Women, soviet union,  Soviet union, history, 1925-1953,  Germany, history, 1918-1933,  Germany, history, 1933-1945,  Soviet union, biography,  Biografia,  Espies,  Vie intellectuelle,  Biographies,  Espionnage soviétique,  Espionnage,  World war, 1939-1945, biography,  Actors, soviet union,  Actors, biography,  World War, 1939-1945,  Secret service,  Women spies,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Service secret,  Espions,  Espionnes,  Histoire

People: Olga Tschechowa (b. 1896),  Lev Knipper (1898-1974),  Olga Chekova (1896-1980),  Olʹga Konstantinovna Čehova (1897-1980),  Olga Konstantinovna Tchekhova

Places: Soviet Union,  Allemagne,  URSS

Times: 1933-1945,  1900-1945,  guerre mondiale 2.