Wolfgang Lotz

The Champagne Spy
Israel’s Master Spy Tells His Story

Dust Jacket - front:

This is a very interesting old book about a master spy. This is a copy of the first American edition which was published in 1972 by St. Martin’s Press, New York. The book measures 5 5/8 inches by 8 ¾ inches and contains 240 pages. The dust jacket shows minor signs of wear to the edges. The orange cloth cover has gilt title on the spine. The actual cover of the book itself shows minor signs of wear, hardly worth mentioning. The spine is tight and the hinges are strong The pages show no signs of rips. Exceptions noted, the overall condition of this book is very good.


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Title Page


Title Page - Verso

Excerpt – Dust Jacket:
As a top Israeli agent operating in Egypt, Wolfgang Lotz lived the charmed and extravagant life of a James Bond. Adopting the cover of a wealthy German horse-breeder he mixed in the highest and most glittering circles of Egyptian society, the valued friend and confidant of generals, cabinet ministers and senior intelligence officers. Convinced he as an ex-SS Officer hiding from his war crimes, Cairo’s German colony in particular welcomed the handsome Lotz and his wife Waltraud to their midst, and it was from the German military experts then advising the Egyptians that Lots discovered vital political and military secrets (including details of rocket installations) which he broadcast regularly to Israel for nearly five years.

Arrested suddenly in 1965, Lotz and his wife became the center of a sensational public show trial which involved many leading personalities. They were saved by the Six Day War of 1967, when the Israelis made the repatriation of prisoners (some 5,000 Egyptians, including nine generals) conditional upon their release.

Here, in Lotz’s own words, is the inside story of those dramatic years – an unbelievable spy story that happens to be true.
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Lotz (on the right) commands the guard of honour during General Sir Brian Robertson’s visit to Israel in 1950. General Ezer Weizman is on the extreme left, General Hiam Laskow behind

Contents:

    Preface
  1. Making of a Spy
  2. Indiscretion
  3. Stallions for Spying
  4. The Glorious Past
  5. Rusty Bey
  6. Looking Over Your Shoulder
  7. Rockets and Champagne
  8. Over and Out
  9. The Truth, Mr. Lotz
  10. The Honourable Court
  11. Guilty as Charged
  12. Tura-Convict 388
  13. Rate of Exchange

    14. Epilogue


Wolfgang and Waltraud Lotz at Cairo’s Sahara City Night Club, 1961


Top: Left to right: Waltraud, Ahmal Hamza Pasha (minister of agriculture under Farouk), Madam Wigdane El-Barbary (‘Danny’) and Dr. Mahmoud Ragham Fahmy

Lower Left: General Abdul Salam (‘Abdo’)

Lower Right: Lotz with Gerhard and Mrs. Bauch


Top: The Second day of the trial: Hasan El-Badawi, President of the Court, cross-examines Lotz about his transmitter. The president has before him the 1,800 page protocol compiled during Lotz’s interrogation.

Bottom: Nadia and Ranz Kiesow in court with the Lotzs


Lotz demonstrates his transmitter to the Court. His ‘bathroom scales’ are on the table


An official picture of Lotz, released at the time of his arrest and captioned: “Israel’s agent Wolfgang Lotz waiting on a secret appointment with Israeli Intelligence agents abroad.’ According to Lotz, it was in fact taken in Venice by Waltraud during their honeymoon.


Top: The Lotzs’ villa at Giza, Cairo

Bottom: The Lotzs’ horse farm, where many leading personalities rode and stabled their horses.


Top: Waltraud and Wolfgang ride Isis and Doctor beneath the palm trees of their horse farm – strategically situated near Kilometre 33 and the experimental rocket base.

Bottom: Lotz races General Ghorab over an obstacle.

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