Hitler's Man in Havana: Heinz Luning and Nazi Espionage in Latin America

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Copyright © 2008 by Thomas D. Schoonover The University Press of Kentucky Scholarly publisher for the Commonwealth, serving Bellarmine University, Berea College, Centre College of Kentucky, Eastern Kentucky University, The Filson Historical Society, Georgetown College, Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, Transylvania University, University of Kentucky, University of Louisville, and Western Kentucky University. All rights reserved. Editorial and Sales Offices: The University Press of Kentucky 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008 www.kentuckypress.com 12 11 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 Maps created by Eric Truesdell and Jacob Wasilkowski at the University of Kentucky Cartography Lab Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schoonover, Thomas David, 1936– Hitler’s man in Havana : Heinz Lüning and Nazi espionage in Latin America / Thomas D. Schoonover. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8131-2501-5 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. Lüning, Heinz, 1911–1942. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Secret service—Germany. 3. Espionage, German—Cuba. 4. Spies—Germany—Biography. 5. Spies—Cuba—Biography. I. Title. D810.S8L867 2008 940.54'8743098—dc22 2008013205 This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials. Manufactured in the United States of America. Member of the Association of American University Presses To two colleagues who have inspired this project: Louis A. Pérez Jr., who proposed the project in April 2001 and listened to me repeatedly thereafter, and Walter LaFeber, who has discussed this and other projects with me for decades. ...