Boris Korczak
Boris Sielicki-Korczak (born February 11, 1939 in Vilnius , then Poland ) is a former Polish-American spy .
After the Second World War, Korczak was sentenced as a youth to prison for subversive activities in the People's Republic of Poland . In 1964 he fled to Denmark , where he was recognized as a political refugee and received asylum .
From 1973 he worked in Copenhagen as an agent for the CIA . He managed to infiltrate into the KGB as a double agent , where he achieved the rank of major . He was betrayed in 1979 and in 1981 he was murdered with ricin in the USA . His plan to pursue a monetary claim against the CIA failed in 1996.
literature
- Christophe Dolbeau: Face au bolchevisme: petit dictionnaire des résistances nationales à l'Est de l'Europe (1917–1989). Arctic, Paris 2006, p. 164.
Web links
Wikisource: Bill of January 28, 1998 - sources and full texts (English)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korczak, Boris |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sielicki-Korczak, Boris (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish-American spy |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vilnius |