To this day, Günter Guillaume is probably one of the most famous spies in the GDR. His exposure brought down the then Chancellor Willy Brandt. But how did he even get this far?
This piece comes from the stern archives and was first published on May 9th, 1974. It has now been 50 years since the GDR spy Günter Guillaume was arrested on April 24th, 1974. On this occasion we are publishing the text again.