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Wolfgang Vogel was born on 30 October, 1925 in Wilhelmsthal, Lower Silesia, is a German lawyer (1925–2008). Discover Wolfgang Vogel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Occupation Dr. jur. h.c. Lawyer
Age 82 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 30 October, 1925
Birthday 30 October
Birthplace Wilhelmsthal, Lower Silesia
Date of death 21 August, 2008
Died Place Schliersee, Bavaria
Nationality Germany

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1925

Wolfgang Vogel (30 October 1925 – 21 August 2008) was a German lawyer active in East Germany at the time of the Cold War who had brokered some of the most famous Swaps of spies or exchanges against ransom of political prisoners between the Soviet bloc and the West.

A bridge between two worlds during three decades, he came to symbolize the ambiguity of his time and environment, and his career was cited as material worthy of Len Deighton and John le Carré.

Vogel was born on 30 October 1925, in Wilhelmsthal (now Bolesławów, Poland), a small mountain village roughly 75 miles (130 km) to the south of Breslau in Lower Silesia: he studied law in Jena and Leipzig after World War II and graduated as a lawyer.

1946

In April 1946, he married his first wife Eva, with whom he had two children, Manfred and Lilo.

1964

He helped to broker the transfer of more than 34,000 East German political prisoners and 215,000 ordinary citizens to the West, beginning in 1964.

Many of the prisoners were ransomed by the West German government or traded for prisoners in the West.

Vogel received a secret fee from West Germany for facilitating these transactions.

After reunification, his Stasi links left him open to accusations of extortion, profiteering and tax evasion that culminated in his arrest.

The prisoners for whom Vogel secured a release had to sell their property within a few hours at prices set by the state.

West German government had also accused Vogel of failing to pay taxes on the secret fee paid to him by West Germany.

1966

The couple were divorced in 1966.

1968

Originating from Essen after meeting Vogel in 1968 she moved to East Germany in 1969.

She worked as a secretary in Vogel's office, in Berlin-Friedrichsfelde.

Following German reunification until Vogel's death, the couple lived in Schliersee in the Bavarian Alps.

He was employed by the Stasi to make contacts among West German lawyers, which would gradually make him a broker for the spy Swaps and prisoner exchanges which would make him famous in East Germany.

His first swap negotiation was the trading of Francis Gary Powers and Frederic Pryor for Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher (Rudolf Abel).

1974

In 1974, Vogel married his second wife, Helga Fritsch.

1981

He also negotiated the exchange of Günter Guillaume in 1981, for captured Western agents.

1986

Overall, Vogel brokered the exchange of more than 150 spies and the exchange of Anatoly Shcharansky for Karl Koecher and his wife in 1986.

1996

Vogel was later convicted in a state court in Berlin in 1996 on five counts of blackmail which led to a brief imprisonment.

1998

He appealed; Germany's highest court found in his favor in 1998 on two of the cases, and prosecutors agreed to drop the others.

Vogel died in his home in Schliersee, Bavaria, after suffering a heart attack.

In its report on his death, the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle stated that "during the height of the Cold War in the late 50s, Vogel was the only point man" between West and East Germany because the two states denied having any official contacts at the time.

2015

In the 2015 film Bridge of Spies by Steven Spielberg, Vogel has a significant role in the plot.

He is played by actor Sebastian Koch.