Theodor Stepanovich Mally ( Eng. Theodore Mally ; 1894 , Temeshvar , Transylvania, Austria-Hungary - September 20, 1938 , Moscow ) - a former Catholic priest who became a Soviet intelligence officer (major of state security). Member of the Communist Party since January 1920 .
| Teodor Stepanovich Mally | |
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| Birth | Temeshvar |
| Death | September 20, 1938 |
| Burial place | Kommunarka |
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| Activity | intelligence service |
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| Military service | |
| Rank | state security major |
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Biography
He studied at the philosophical and theological faculties of the University of Vienna .
He was ordained as a Catholic priest before the outbreak of the First World War. Student mobilized to the front. During the fighting the Austro-Hungarian army in the Carpathians was promoted to chaplain . He was wounded in 1916 was captured.
I saw all the horrors of war, I saw young guys with frostbitten extremities die in trenches. I was transferred from camp to camp, and I was starving on a par with all the other prisoners. We were stuck with lice, many were dying of typhoid. I lost faith in God, and when a revolution broke out, I joined the Bolsheviks. I broke up with my past. I am not a Hungarian, not a priest, not a Christian, not even someone’s son. I was just a soldier missing. I became a communist and have remained so far.
- Theodore Mally
After being released from a prisoner of war camp in 1918, he voluntarily joined the Red Army . Member of the Civil War in Russia.
Since 1921, in the organs of the Cheka-OGPU. Since 1926 in the central office of the OGPU . In the 1930s, an employee of the foreign department of the GUGB NKVD of the USSR . The head of the London illegal residency. He is best known for his collaboration with A. G. Deutch (which was part of his group since April 1936 ) by recruiting young students from the University of Cambridge: C. Philby , G. Burgess , D. McLean, and others.
In July 1937 he was recalled to Moscow, lived on the street. Malaya Lubyanka , d. 5, apt. 111. Arrested on March 7, 1938 , shot on September 20. Buried on Kommunarka .
In 1956, he was rehabilitated posthumously.
Bibliography
- Antonov V.S., Karpov V.N. Shot reconnaissance. - M .: International Relations , 2008. - 304 p. - (Secret missions). - 2000 copies - ISBN 978-5-7133-1328-9 .
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- The Godfather of the "Cambridge Five" // RG