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Marika Rokk Was Soviet Spy
Marika Rokk Was Soviet Spy
theguardian.com
Marika Rökk, whose career began during the Nazi era, went on to
star in almost 40 films until her death at the age of 90 in 2004.
Photograph: Ronald Grant
Marika Rökk, who was banned from acting for two years for
her apparent closeness to the Nazi regime, had in fact been
working from the 1940s onwards for a reconnaissance
network passing Third Reich secrets to Moscow.
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It is not known if Rökk ever knew she was under suspicion for
espionage. Neither is it known whether any attempts were
made to prevent her from continuing. She was for years
considered to have been anti-communist. The two-year work
ban imposed on her at the end of the second world war as
punishment for the close relationship she had with the inner
circle of the Nazi leadership may have helped her keep up
the pretence. Or she managed to keep a close relationship
with both regimes.
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