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He is the son of the writer and physician Friedrich Wolf and brother of film director Konrad Wolf . His father was a member of the Communist Party of Germany, and after Adolf Hitler gained power, they emigrated via France to Moscow.

During his exile, he first went to the German Karl-Liebknecht-Schule and later to a Russian school. Afterwards, he entered the Moskow Institute of Airplane-Engineering, which was evacuated to Alma Ata after Germany's attack on the Soviet Union. There he was told to join the Komintern, where he among others was prepared for conspirative work behind the enemy's lines.

After the end of the war, he was sent to Berlin with the group around Walther Ulbricht to work as a journalist for a radio station in the Soviet Zone of occupation. He was among those journalists who observed the entire Nuremberg Trials against the main Nazi leaders.

In 1953, at the age of 30, he was among the founding members of the foreign intelligence service within the ministry of state security Stasi. As intelligence chief, Wolf achieved great success in penetrating the government, political and business circles of West GermanyWest Germany was the informal but almost universally used name for the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 until 1990, during which years the Federal Republic did not yet include the eastern part of Germany. Since the German reunification of 1990, the F with spies. The most influential case was that of Günter GuillaumeGunter Guillaume ( February 1, 1927 April 10, 1995), a citizen of the German Democratic Republic, was an intelligence agent of that country's secret service, the Stasi. Guillaume emigrated with his wife, Christel to West Germany in the 1950s with orders t that led to the fall of chancellor Willy BrandtWilly Brandt ( December 18, 1913 October 8, 1992) was Chancellor of Germany from 1969 to 1974. The social democrat received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his work in improving relations with the German Democratic Republic, Poland and the Soviet Union,. He retired in 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa in order to continue the work of his late brother Konrad about them growing up in Moscow in the 1930sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s Years: 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Link Trainer invented Sc. The book Troika came out on the same day in East and West Germany. For the people in the East he was a symbol of the ongoing changes, because he supported the GlasnostGlasnost ( Russian: ) was one of Mikhail Gorbachev's policies introduced to the Soviet Union in 1985. The term is a Russian word for "publicity", "openness". Gorbachev's goal in undertaking glasnost was in part to pressure conservatives within the party w and PerestroikaPerestroika is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms during Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's initial period ( 1985- 1986) in power modified central planning without making truly fundamental changes. Gorbachev and his team policies of Mikhail GorbachevMikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev ( Russian: ́ ́ ; Pronunciation: mih-kha-ILL ser-GHE-ye-vich gor-bah-CHOFF) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. His attempts at reform led to the end of the Cold War, but also.

In 1997 he was convicted of unlawful detention, coercion, and bodily harm, and was given a suspended sentence of two years imprisonment.