The Red Maestro: Leopold Trepper and the Communist European Spy Network of World War II

Type :

Presentation

Pages :

11 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

02/05/2009

Category :

History & geography

Sub category :

Modern history

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Summary :

Introduction.
Leopold Trepper.
1. Why choose Trepper?
2. Trepper's move to France.
3. First experiences with both of his enemies during his years as the maestro of the Red Orchestra.
4. The surprise for Trepper.
5. Understanding the idea of living constantly in fear.
Trepper's book, The Great Game.
1. Trading one mass murderer for another.
2. Listing the amenities offered to the Jews by the Soviet government.
Trepper's ideas: As viewed from the standpoint of a historian.
1. The irony of a Soviet spymaster using the capitalist system to fund his efforts.
2. The CIA report on the Rote Kapelle.
3. A more personal connection to Belgium.
The implication of a rift between the Young Reds and the Old Reds.
Trepper and Perrault.
Nazi assault on the Soviet state.
1. Errors that Stalin's camp made: Not listening to Trepper.
2. The operational precautions that Trepper took.
Trepper's stay in captivity.
Conclusion.
Sources cited.

Abstract

There was obviously a good amount of rhyme and reason to the Nazi Abwehr's technical jargon. Each codename had its own justification, and worked fairly well on a metaphorical level. From calling forgers "cobblers" (due to the amount of overlap between shoemaking tools and forging tools) to referring to covert agents using portable transmitters as "pianists" or "musicians," the Abwehr parlance maintained a very strong figurative connection between the codename and the actuality.

So it follows that the group of communist spies operating in occupied Europe during world war II was dubbed "The red Orchestra" by German spy hunters - after all, what better image to evoke a group of trained professionals (many of whom were "pianists") sending out clandestine messages to Moscow from the heart of Nazi Europe?