abstract:Markus Johannes "Mischa" Wolf (19 January 1923 – 9 November 2006) was head of the General Intelligence Administration (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung), the foreign intelligence division of East Germany's Ministry for State Security (MfS, commonly known as the Stasi). He was the MfS's number two for 34 years, which spanned most of the Cold War.
This point was brought home by a powerful article concerning the continuing activities of East German spy master, MarkusWolf, featured in the 12 August 1990 New York Times Magazine.