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Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends; she was also the niece of Anton Chekhov. After fleeing Bolshevik Moscow for Berlin in 1920, she was recruited by her composer brother Lev, to work for Soviet intelligence. In return, her family were allowed to join her.
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Olga Chekhova was a stunning Russian beauty and a famous Nazi-era film actress who Hitler counted among his friends. This is the story of how Olga and her family survived the Russian Revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, Stalin, and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union.
