Marika Rökk Transported Secret Information to the Soviet Union
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Most of you might remember Marika Rökk as the silver screen German beauty from the Nazi era. The iconic film star resumed her career in 1947 after a break and remained to be Europe’s most famous operetta singers until 1986.
Although she was groomed to be a star by Nazi propaganda ministers to rival her Hollywood counterparts, reports suggest that she was a Soviet spy. She was one of Hitler’s favorite actors and even received flowers from him. In 1951, Germany’s Gehlen Organisation seemed concerned with her connections to Soviet Authorities which lead them to believe she could be a spy. However, she continued to be a part of a KGB spy network that passed sensitive information to the Soviets for more than 50 years.