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Peter M.F. Sichel
The German translation of »The Secrets of My Life / Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy« is out on the German book market now:
Peter M.F. Sichel, a fourth-generation wine merchant, found the path he was destined to walk interrupted by the Nazis while growing up as a Jew in Germany. He left Germany but was imprisoned as an enemy alien at the outbreak of World War II. When he was released, he hid in the Pyrenees before reaching the United States in 1941.
After joining the Army, he served with the U.S. Office of Strategic Services, sending spies into Germany, before becoming a senior official with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served in key positions in Berlin, Hong Kong, and Washington.
From 1959 on he, together with his cousins, was back in the Wine Trade. Blue Nun being his biggest international success, he became a Vintner himself.— Jancis Robinson on Peter M.F. Sichel:
»Who else could subtitle their autobiography 'Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy' other than Peter M F Sichel, the tall 93-year-old New York grandee. Nor can anyone else claim senior membership of two sorts of CIA, the obvious one and the Culinary Institute of America. I can think of no one else in the wine business who commands his seniority and international standing.«
Die Geheimnisse meiner drei Leben
Flüchtling, Geheimagent, Weinhändler
- 464 pages
- epub version
978-3-86638-264-0
For your e-reader find the German e-book (epub version),
for instance HERE at www.ebook.de
The Secrets of My Life
Vintner, Prisoner, Soldier, Spy
- Hardcover
- with book marks
- 464 pages
- German translation by
- Karin Hielscher
978-3-86638-263-3
In this memoirs—which needed to be cleared by the CIA—he describes how the Nazis took over Germany, the odd attitude of German Jews to being Jewish, the fault lines in U.S. intelligence during the Cold War, and the life lessons he learned in the wine business.
Evan Thomas, author of The Very Best Men: The Daring Early Years of the CIA:
»Peter Sichel was a true insider during the heyday of the CIA during the late 1940s and 1950s. From Berlin to Hong Kong, he served in a global secret war that was, by turns, gallant, necessary, dangerous, and wrongheaded. His memoir is clear-eyed, charming, and fascinating.«
Marvin R. Shanken, Editor & Publisher, Wine Spectator:
»Peter Sichel is an iconic figure in the history of wine. With his European upbringing and early years in the CIA, his story is both fascinating and compelling. His success with Blue Nun is nothing short of classic marketing.«
Find a short galery of figures from the book HERE!
Contents
Introduction
Part 1
Youth, 1922—41
1. My Family Roots
2. Earliest Memories
3. My Parents
4. My Sister Ruth
5. My Extended Family
6. My German Education
7. History of Germany after World War I
8. A Traumatic End to a Childhood Friendship
9. Growing up Jewish in Germany
10. My English School Years
11. Stowe—A Separate World
12. What It Means to Be a Refugee
13. A Miraculous Reunion with Mama
Part 2
My Intelligence Career
14. Espionage 101: Confidential Funds
15. Infiltration behind Enemy Lines
16. Occupied Berlin—A Ghastly Sight
17. Investigating Sviet Nuclear Capabilities
18. The Nitty-Gritty of Expionage
19. The Berlin Blockade and the Korean War—A Serious Turn of Events
20. Washington, 1952—56
21. Three Notable Incidents
22. Asia-Bound
23. An Informed Critique
Part 3
Being A Wine Merchant, Wine Grower, And Wine Personality
24. Back in the Wine Trade
25. The Qirky Wine Business
26. My First Important Decisions as US Director
27. Becoming a Wine Personality
28. The Rise and Fall of Blue Nun: A Singular Story
29. Becoming a Bordeaux Vintner
30. The Wine Community
31. Some Advice on Wine
32. A Look Back
Acknowledgments
Pictures
Bibliography
Footnotes
