Life

Born in Berlin, Wohl came to the United States as a correspondent for Czechoslovak newspapers. He worked for the Christian Science Monitor from 1941 until 1979, when he retired. He also contributed to the New York Herald Tribune

New York Herald Tribune

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Agent for Walter Krivitsky

Wohl met Soviet spy

SPY

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 Walter Krivitsky

Walter Krivitsky

Walter Germanovich Krivitsky was a Soviet intelligence officer who revealed plans of signing Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact before defecting weeks before the outbreak of World War II....

in the mid-1920s. When Krivitsky defected, Wohl became his literary agent in the United States. Together, they worked at times on his book, In Stalin's Secret Service (1939). At the time of publication, they argued about fees owed to Wohl and severed their connection.

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