Thursday, 8 January; 12 noon – 1 pm
At the beginning of World War II, Heinz August Lüning, posing as a Jewish refugee, was sent to Cuba to spy for the Third Reich. Lüning’s assignment was to collect information about the United States and its allies and report back to the Abwehr, the German military intelligence agency. His Caribbean post was an important vantage point for observing shipping patterns and ship deployments, but things went badly wrong for the bumbling Lüning who was ultimately captured and executed for espionage. Thomas D. Schoonover, professor emeritus in history at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, will share his impressive research into the Nazi spy’s story and discuss how he separated fascinating fact from dazzling fiction of this case that inspired Graham Greene’s 1958 book, Our Man in Havana.
Free! No registration required! Join the author for an informal chat and book signing.
