Caught in the Turmoil of History: Intrepid Soviet Spies, a Jewish-Croatian Family, Shattered Ideals, and Terror Unleashed by Communist and Fascist Regimes

Branko Vukelic may not be well known outside his home country, but he certainly should be.That's because Branko was a spy, part of the famous Soviet secret espionage group based in Tokyo and led by Richard Sorge. They were spying on Japan and Germany in the 1930s and early 1940s. After discovering evidence of Hitler's plans to launch an attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, and that the Japanese authorities had decided to direct their attention away from the Soviet borders toward Indochi...