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Ivar Lissner

Born

in Riga/Livland, Latvia

April 23, 1909

Died

September 04, 1967

Website

http://www.ivar-lissner.de/

Genre

History, Biography

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Early life and education
Born to a German-Jewish father, Robert Lissner, and mother Charlotte Lissner (née Gensz), Lissner was Baltic German of Jewish ancestry. His father was a Kommerzienrat (commerce councilor) and businessman who owned cork factories and other enterprises.[1] Before the First World War the family moved to Moscow. They were exiled in 1917 to the Volga region and returned to Moscow after the war. The political upheavals of the postwar period resulted in the family fleeing to Riga and then to Berlin, where Lissner attended high school. He studied languages, history, anthropology, and law at Greifswald, Berlin, Göttingen, Erlangen, Lyon (1931–1932), and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He obtained his PhD in Foreign Trade Wikipedia:

Early life and education
Born to a German-Jewish father, Robert Lissner, and mother Charlotte Lissner (née Gensz), Lissner was Baltic German of Jewish ancestry. His father was a Kommerzienrat (commerce councilor) and businessman who owned cork factories and other enterprises.[1] Before the First World War the family moved to Moscow. They were exiled in 1917 to the Volga region and returned to Moscow after the war. The political upheavals of the postwar period resulted in the family fleeing to Riga and then to Berlin, where Lissner attended high school. He studied languages, history, anthropology, and law at Greifswald, Berlin, Göttingen, Erlangen, Lyon (1931–1932), and at the Sorbonne in Paris. He obtained his PhD in Foreign Trade Law in April 1936 in Erlangen.[2]

Career
He joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) on 1 April 1933.[3] In 1935 he published a book (Blick nach Draußen, "Looking Outside") in which he presented his impressions of the achievements of National Socialism set against an international background.[4] In 1936 he was sent as a travel writer to the United States and Canada on behalf of his publishing house, Hanseatischen Verlagsanstalt. The result was his book Völker und Kontinente ("Peoples and Continents"), which became a best seller.

Lissner wrote for the Hanseatic Service, the press service of his publisher, and his articles were printed in Nazi newspapers, including Völkischer Beobachter and Der Angriff. He went on a tour to Asia, from which his book, Menschen und Mächte am Pazifik ("People and Forces in the Pacific") was created. When he returned in January 1937 he learned that his father was in danger of being exposed as a Jew; he needed to provide evidence of being a Lutheran in order to obtain an Aryan certificate. With the help of the local pastor, Lissner forged records in St. Peter's Church in Riga. The Gestapo suspected him of concealing Jewish ancestry, but could not prove it, so his father was released. After this episode Lissner began to distance himself from National Socialism, but he maintained an anti-Soviet attitude as a result of his experiences in Russia.[5]

Lissner published articles on a regular basis for Der Angriff. In 1938 he returned to Asia on behalf of Hanseatische Verlagsanstalt, where he reported on the Japanese fighting on the Korean-Soviet border. He was interviewed by Japanese newspapers and provided information to the German ambassador. He also initiated contacts between the Japanese and German military intelligence, and during his stay in Manchuria in 1938 he acted as interpreter at the defection of the KGB chief for the Far East, Genrich Samoilowitsch Ljuschkow. He was given exclusive rights to the story in the press.[6] In 1939 he was a correspondent for Völkischer Beobachter and Der Angriff while in Japan. He was approached by the Abwehr (German military intelligence) as a potential recruit for the first time.[7] He established contacts with the Propaganda Department and the German Embassy in Tokyo (historian Heinz Höhne describes him as an unofficial press attaché)[8] and was a respected member of the Nazi-aligned German community in Tokyo. In September 1939 the Gestapo once again investigated Lissner's father and this time they arrested him, as they believed they now had reliable evidence. Lissner consequently lost his post in Tokyo and a proceeding was opened to exclude him from the NSDAP. German Ambassador to Japan Eugen Ott asked him informally to continue to work in Manchuria. Lissner continued to occasionally have articles published in Japanese magazines.

Espionage
In the summer of 1940 Lissner was recruited by the Abwehr after they promised to release his father from prison and let him move with his wife to Shanghai, where his brother Percy was working for AEG. They also promised to restore his reputation in Tokyo. With the help of German merchants and Russian exiles in Harbin, he built a spy network that reached as far as Siberia. Admiral Wil ...more

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Ivar Lissner’s books

Average rating: 4.1 · 100 ratings · 8 reviews · 42 distinct works

	The Living Past by Ivar Lissner, J. Maxwell Brownjohn (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 36 ratings — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Power and Folly: The story of the Caesars by Ivar Lissner, J. Maxwell Brownjohn (Translator) 4.19 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man, God And Magic: The Culture, Religious Beliefs And Practices Of Prehistoric Man by Ivar Lissner, J. Maxwell Brownjohn (Translator) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1958 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silent Past: Mysterious Cultures of the World by Ivar Lissner, J. Maxwell Brownjohn (Translator) 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1961 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Civilisations Mystérieuses 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1970 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dieu éait déjà là it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1965 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wir sind das Abendland - Gestalten, Mächte und Schicksale Europas durch 7000 Jahre 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wir sind das Abendland: Gestalten, Mächte und Schicksale Europas durch 7000 Jahre it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assim Viviam Nossos Antepassados by Ivar Lissner, Oscar Mendes (Translator) 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1955	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	So lebten die römischen Kaiser: Macht und Wahn der Cäsaren 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars