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Vladivostok plans to erect a statue of Richard Sorge, whose wartime espionage work in Japan saw him posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union. There's already a statue in Moscow, and monument in Baku. Dresden once had one too. http://www.sankei.com/photo/daily/news/180808/dly1808080013-n1.html …pic.twitter.com/WvLp02blW3
One of Sorge's lovers in Japan was Hanako Ishii, who worked as a waitress at Ketel's German restaurant in Ginza. When he was named a Hero of the Soviet Union in 1964, Ishii started receiving a pension from Russia.pic.twitter.com/1foG4UPcDC
It was Ishii who pestered the Occupation authorities to recover Sorge's remains from Sugamo Prison. She took them to Tama Cemetery (@Durf says that's near him) and, when she died, an inscription named her as his wife.pic.twitter.com/eSf9RfuQ9O
Documents reveal how he government instructed the media to downplay the Sorge incident, and keep some names out of the narrative.http://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180818/p2a/00m/0na/007000c …
Another book about Sorge has just been published. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/mar/18/an-impeccable-spy-owen-matthews-richard-sorge-review-rip-roaring-account …pic.twitter.com/rhdyPHAGKs
I saw the Japanese movie 'spy sorge' in Japan back in the early 2000's. was good. (Iann Glen from Game of Thrones was Sorge
I remember that coming out, but never actually saw it. Didn't realize it was Iain Glen!
He's buried over in Tama Seien a few minutes from my place. I hear that Russians have a little picnic there in his honor each year on his birthday; we should go crash it.
I remember being completely spellbound by a Readers Digest story on Richard Sorge when I was in primary school.
There is even a metro station named after him in Moccow. That’s... weird.
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