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Archive Home > 2008 > August > 24 > Wolfgang Vogel aided prisoner swaps

Wolfgang Vogel aided prisoner swaps

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 24, 2008

FRANKFURT, Germany — Wolfgang Vogel, the point man for spy swaps and prisoner exchanges between West and East Germany during the Cold War, died Thursday, his family said. He was 82.

A lawyer by trade, Vogel made a career of sorts as the main point of contact for the governments of the....

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