Important Background Events
Officer Ranks of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II
Major and Minor Dramatis Personae
Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms
Acknowledgments
Introduction. A Chance Encounter at the Warsaw International Airport and Its Surprising Ramifications
Preamble: Talking with the Enemy
A Common Destiny, with Limited Liability
The Kingdom’s Most Important Prisoner
The Enemy of My Friend Is My Friend
The Fuehrer Wishes to Strike a Deal
The Reich’s Key Bargaining Chip
An Unexpected Short-Term Symbiosis
Offers of Friendship amid a Bloody Bacchanal
The Loyal Professor’s Double Game
Part One
VILE TRAITOR OR SUPERHERO?
Chapter 1
From Provincial Polish Jew to Chilean Diplomat
Obscure Origins
Renouncing His Roots
Getting Acquainted with Berlin
The Fiasco in Paris and the Return to Poland
Rescuing Jews and Reaching out to the Nazis
In the Frock Coat of a Diplomat
Chapter 2
The Miracle Worker of Occupied Warsaw
The Escape from Hell as a Pleasure Trip
The Great Comeback in France
The Office on Frascati Street
The Road to Freedom through the Enemy Lair
Gestapo Officers Thrown Into the Street
The Birth of the Wondrous Union of the “Tiger” and the “Fox”
“I Have Done Something for Poland”
Chapter 3
The Top Player of Fascist Bucharest
The Polish War on Romanian Soil
No More Trips to the General Government
The Polish Rival and His Bulgarian Connections
The End of the Fragile Partnership
The Move to Turkey
The Polish Desk at the Chilean Embassy
Chapter 4
A Base of Operations and Secret Negotiations on the Banks of the Bosporus
In the Backyard of the World War
An Open and Cynical Struggle
Among Criminals and Nazi Spies
Acting at the Behest of the Polish Government
Chapter 5
Suspicions, Preparations for Neutralization, and an Abduction in Istanbul
The Beginning of the Great Hunt
The Object of Surveillance from the Ambassador Hotel
A Partner in the Crosshairs
“A Little, Cunning Jew”
The Odd Inmates of the Latrun Prison Camp
The Last Stage in the Struggle for the Fate of “Lis”
A Belated Alibi from the Gestapo Files
The Failure of the Game of Prevention
The Most Sensitive Undertaking
“The Turks Have Given an Outstanding Performance!”
Hints in the Ambassador’s Diary
A Noble Flight
Chapter 6
Publicity, Investigation, and a Mysterious Death in the Sands of Haifa
A Worldwide Sensation
The Mysterious Inmate P.
The Invention of a Nazi Superspy
The Intelligence Analyst Crying out in the Wilderness
Futile Interventions
An Anonymous Grave in the Land of the Forefathers
A Polish Domestic Affair
Part Two
A COUNTERINTELLIGENCE ACE OR A DESPICABLE SADIST?
Chapter 7
A Plot Hatched in London under the Auspices of MI5
Terrified Poles in Palestine
The Mystery of Room B at the Westminster Hospital
The Grey Eminence of the Polish Army in Exile
Cast Down from the London Olympus
Chapter 8
Egyptian Exile, Professional Fiasco, and Disappearance in the Mists of History
The Best Investigator in the Middle East
The Survivor from the KMF 25-А Convoy
Captain Dunlop Refuses to Rewrite Reports
“A Super-Intriguer Who Has Fallen out with This Department”
A Life without Aspirations
Part Three
THE WORLD AFTER SAMSON AND EDWARD
Chapter 9
The Battle Over the Legacy of “Lis”
A Tiny Army in a Large Leather Suitcase
A Polish-Turkish Diplomatic Crisis around the Division of Jewish Property
The Lawyer Florin Writes to General Gürsel
Chapter 10
The Fates of the Secondary Characters in this Drama, against the Backdrop of the Processes That Shaped Its Course
The Chronicle of a National, Political, and Personal Fiasco
The Desperate Search for a Polish Quisling
The Betrayers Betrayed
Keeping a Low Profile
Afterword
A Perfect Tragedy of Imperfect Heroes
Open Ranks
Sane Realists in the “European Jungle”
The Legacy of Thucydides
Sources and Bibliography
Notes
Index of Names
