I'm reading quite a hefty volume on Barbarossa, and it mentions, but does not elaborate, on a source the Soviets relied on named only as Lucy.  Information given by this source was detailed and accurate, but the book does not go much further than to establish the fact Lucy stayed anonymous.  Has anyone heard more of this?

Thanks Hagar.

Unfortunately, I found the topic interesting based on the fact that Lucy was an individual.  The fact that it was a group or a ring kind of takes away it's peculiarality, and thus, my interest in it.  Oh well.

What an a$$! Why would you betray your own country in such a scurrolous manner??
Shameful behaviour, Rudolf....


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Word up, Hagar. "My country, right or wrong" is right down there with "All's fair in love and war". Lies!  But I wonder what Rossler thought about Stalin....

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Did you ever hear the expression "strange bedfellows"? Stalin became an ally of Britain & the US. Both Churchill & Roosevelt had to treat him as a friend. They might not have liked it personally or approved of Stalin or his regime but it was a matter of expediency. The Allies needed him. That's simple politics it's no different today. I wonder if you would see this differently if "Lucy" had worked for British or US intelligence. The victors write the history books. He would be probably be hailed as a hero. It's quite possible that anything concerning the Western front was passed to them anyway.

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I didn't look into it any further. I have no idea of his background so don't know if Rossler was Jewish or had communist leanings. If he was Jewish I would hardly call him a traitor. German Jews fought for their country during WWI. Many resistance workers in occupied countries during WWII were communists. I doubt they considered themselves traitors either.