Marita: From Castro to Kennedy: Love and espionage in the CIA

Lorenz, Marita

WARNER BOOKS

":Few people can say they've seen some of the most significant moments of the twentieth century unravel before their eyes. Marita Lorenz is one of them. Born in Germany at the outbreak of WWII, Marita was incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. In 1959, she travelled to Cuba where she met and fell in love with Fidel Castro. Yet upon fleeing to America, she was recruited by the CIA to assassinate the Fidel. Torn by love and loyalty, she couldn't bring herself to slip him the lethal pills. Her life would take many more twists and turns--including having a child with ex-dictator of Venezuela, Marcos Perez Jimenez; testifying about the John F. Kennedy assassination; and becoming a party girl with close ties the New York mafia (and then a policeinformant). Caught up in Cold War intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy--this is Marita's incredible autobiography of a young woman who became a spy for the CIA."--Provided by publisher.

Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro (Thorndike Press Large Print Biographies & Memoirs Series)

Biographies & Memoirs

Community & Culture

Thorndike Press Large Print

No true life story can possibly compare to the fantastic adventures of Marita Lorenz. From Fidel Castro's lover at age 19, to CIA spy, to human rights activist, Marita tells her own incredible story with all of the passion and force that it took to live it. In the spring of 1959, aboard her father's ship in Havana harbor, Marita fell under the spell of Fidel Castro and soon fled home and family in New York City to return to Cuba to be with him. Installed in a suite of the Havana Hilton, she became Castro's lover, trusted advisor, and a lieutenant in his 26th of July movement. Within months, she was pregnant with his child. Despite or perhaps because of her close relationship with Fidel, she was betrayed by those nearest to him - kidnapped, drugged, and forcibly aborted of her child. Still heavily sedated and close to death, she was taken back to the United States where she was immediately embraced by National Security officials eager to use her in their growing anti-Castro propaganda campaign. Soon this escalated into something far more sinister as government agents tried to program Marita into an assassin to kill Castro. Marita's adventures continue as a disillusioned young woman is turned into an accomplished but unwilling operative in the CIA by the likes of Frank Sturgis and E. Howard Hunt. The only woman in a man's world, she developed the skills and courage that made her an invaluable agent and gained her the nickname "Alemana Fria" - the "Cold German." Among her many assignments, perhaps the most harrowing is a mysterious gunrunning mission from Miami to Dallas with a strange character named "Ozzie" (Lee Harvey Oswald) just days before the JFK assassination. Never far from the center of controversy, Marita becomes involved with former Venezuelan dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez. Impulsively following him to Venezuela when he is deported from the U.S., she spends a year abandoned with her baby daughter in the dense jungle with a tribe of Yanomano Indians. Once again, Marita's indomitable spirit empowers her with the will to survive and prevail. Overcoming every obstacle, Marita at heart has always maintained her love for Cuba. Ultimately, driven by her concern for the Marielitos, the Cuban boat people, she is able to return to Havana to meet with Castro and see, for the first time, the son she thought was dead. Marita's story is one of high adventure, high romance, and high drama, made more vivid and poignant by the fact that it is all true.

Marita: One Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Love and Espionage from Castro to Kennedy

Schwarz, Ted.

True Crime

Thunder's Mouth Pr

The dramatic, glamorous story of lover-turned-spy Marita Lorenz and her affair with Fidel Castro, soon to be the subject of a major film starring Jennifer Lawrence. Few people can say they’ve seen some of the most significant moments of the twentieth century unravel before their eyes. Marita Lorenz is one of them. Born in Germany at the outbreak of WWII, Marita was incarcerated in a Nazi concentration camp as a child. In 1959, she travelled to Cuba where she met and fell in love with Fidel Castro. Yet upon fleeing to America, she was recruited by the CIA to assassinate the Fidel. Torn by love and loyalty, she couldn’t bring herself to slip him the lethal pills. Her life would take many more twists and turns―including having a child with ex-dictator of Venezuela, Marcos Pérez Jiménez; testifying about the John F. Kennedy assassination; and becoming a party girl with close ties the New York mafia (and then a police informant). Caught up in Cold War intrigue, espionage, and conspiracy―this is Marita’s incredible autobiography of a young woman who became a spy for the CIA. 8 pages of B&amp;W photographs

Marita: The Spy Who Loved Castro

Pegasus Books

Lieber Fidel. Mein Leben, meine Liebe, mein Verrat.

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Pocas personas pueden decir que han visto pasar una parte fundamental de la historia del siglo XX ante sus ojos. No como meros espectadores, sino casi devorándolas. Ilona Marita Lorenz es una de ellas. Nació en Alemania en 1939, en vísperas de la invasión de Polonia. Su padre, alemán, era capitán de barco; su madre, americana, había sido actriz. De niña estuvo internada en el campo de concentración de Bergen-Belsen. Poco después de acabar la guerra, a los siete años, fue víctima de una violación. A menudo se embarcó con su padre en los años siguientes. En 1959 llegó a bordo del Berlin a La Habana revolucionaria. Un grupo de barbudos, encabezado por Fidel Castro, subió al barco. El flechazo fue inmediato. Una semana después, el Comandante enviaba a buscarla a Nueva York y la convertía en su amante. Tenía 19 años. Pronto se descubrió embarazada, pero la sometieron a una intervención y el bebé no llegó a nacer... O al menos eso le dijeron. La CIA convenció a Marita de que Fidel era el responsable de lo ocurrido y la enviaron de vuelta a La Habana con la misión de asesinarlo, pero fue incapaz de hacerlo: seguía enamorada de él. Puede parecer suficiente para llenar dos vidas, pero hay más. De regreso a Miami, conoció al ex dictador venezolano Marcos Pérez Jiménez, y tuvo con él una hija. Envnoviembre de 1963, viajó de Miami a Dallas en un convoy del que formaban parte Frank Sturgis, uno de los detenidos en el Watergate, y un tal Ozzie, es decir, Lee Harvey Oswald. Más tarde fue party girl de la mafia neoyorquina e informante de la policía. Se casó y tuvo un hijo con un hombre que espiaba a diplomáticos soviéticos para el FBI. La historia de Marita tiene luces y sombras. Pero sobre todo es una historia de amor y peligro. La de una espía que, por encima de todo y a pesar de sí misma, amó al Comandante.

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Leaders & Notable People

Planeta Publishing

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