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- Birth nameIvar Arthur Nicolai Lissner
- Ivar Lissner was born on April 23, 1909 in Lievenhof, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Livani, Latvia]. He was a writer, known for Stückgut (1970). He was married to Ruth Niehaus. He died on September 4, 1967 in Chesières sur Ollon at Montreux, Switzerland.
- SpouseRuth Niehaus(1950 - 1967) (his death, 1 child)
- German-Jewish best-selling author, journalist and chief editor of the illustrated magazine Kristall. Active during World War II as a spy (codename 'Ivar') for the German Abwehr under Admiral Canaris. Member of the Nazi Party from 1933. Imprisoned and tortured in Japan as a suspected Soviet spy, but acquitted and released before the end of the war.
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