Ignace Reiss
Soviet spy (1899-1937) · Poland · On the map · Activists · Died at 38
Ignace Reiss - also known as "Ignace Poretsky," "Ignatz Reiss," "Ludwig," "Ludwik", "Hans Eberhardt," "Steff Brandt," Nathan Poreckij, and "Walter Scott " - was one of the "Great Illegals" or Soviet spies who worked in third party countries where they were not nationals in the late 1920s and 1930s.
Ignace Reiss is read about 82 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 118 days, one point a day.
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Reiss's brother died in the Polish-Soviet War in 1920 (here, Polish soldiers display captured Soviet battle flags after the Battle of Warsaw)
Reiss received the Order of the Red Banner (here, first variant, on red cloth (1918-1924))
The Great Purge by Joseph Stalin of Bolshevik revolutionaries led Reiss to defect (here, Leon Trotsky, Lev Kamenev and Grigory Zinoviev, all marked either for assassination or execution
Lausanne railway station, where Reiss met Schildbach, who led him to his death
Whittaker Chambers (circa 1948) wrote about Reiss in his 1952 memoir Witness
Daniel Kunzi (circa 2015) made a film documentary about Reiss
Tariq Ali (circa 2006) wrote a novel about ReissAwards
About this person
He was known as a nevozvrashchenec ("unreturnable").
Country
Poland
Category
Activists
Type
Activist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1899 to 1937 · aged 38
