The Mossad Agent Who Pretended to Be a Nazi

Newsthink October 26, 2025
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Wolfgang Lotz was the most deceptive spy in Mossad’s history. Try https://brilliant.org/Newsthink/ and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. I recommend reading Wolfgang Lotz’s biography: The Champagne Spy https://a.co/d/gNxJzIe Chapters: 0:00 A Born Actor 0:43 From Refugee to Soldier 1:05 Birth of a Spy 1:53 The Perfect Cover 2:40 Winning the Trust of Cairo’s Elite 3:30 The Spying Begins 4:08 Finding Love on the Orient Express 4:40 Wining and Dining Cairo’s Military Elite 5:50 Cairo’s Hidden Nazis 7:17 Today’s Sponsor: Brilliant 8:08 The Rocket Base Mission 9:35 Captured 10:22 On Trial 11:52 Behind Bars 12:31 The Six-Day War Changes Everything 13:08 Freedom at Last 13:46 Lotz’s Legacy Newsthink is produced and presented by Cindy Pom https://x.com/cindypom Grab your Newsthink merch here: https://newsthink.creator-spring.com Support Cindy on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/Newsthink Sources: Orient Express image: Tman11S, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Lotz interview featured on Egyptian TV sourced from The Champagne Spy (2007), a film by Nadav Schirman https://www.israelifilms.co.il/catalogue/the-champagne-spy Tora Prison: Mohamed Ouda, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons Front of old house in Israel: תורם התמונה:מוג'יב ג'בארה, CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons