Name: Marita Lorenz | The Spy Who Loved Fidel Castro
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She was at the center of assassination attempts, bungled

spy missions, and controversial global intrigue.

And she was in love with one of history's most

During her 25 years as a spy and informant,

Lorenz lived a Shocking life full of adventure that

She came across dictators, gangsters, and killers.

And she had affairs with many of her targets,

including Cuban leader and beard club member Fidel Castro.

Can truth really be this much stranger than fiction?

as we dive into the history of Marita Lorenz.

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to a German father who worked as a U-boat captain,

and an American mother who was recruited by France and Britain

When the oppressive German government found out

they threw the family into a concentration camp.

In 1944, when Lorenz was five, her family

was placed in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp.

Lorenz' father was held as a prisoner of war,

and Lorenz and her siblings were moved to the children's ward.

Eventually, the allies liberated the camps, and Lorenz'

was working on one of her father's luxury boats

None other than the new leader of Cuba, Fidel Castro.

When Lorenzo asked who he was, he simply said, "yo soy Cuba."

Lorenz estimated there were 27 men with Castro,

Castro, then 33, was immediately smitten with Lorenz.

And while Lorenz was intimidated by Castro's crew--

all armed and dangerous-- she fell for Castro

Little did she know what actions this romance

Later that year, Lorenz claimed she became pregnant by Castro.

In October, she was seven months pregnant,

ready to deliver her and Castro's first child.

When she awoke, the commander of the Cuban army

She was then given an injection and taken back

While some historians doubt Lorenz was ever impregnated

by Castro, Lorenz believes this abortion attempt was

unsuccessful, and she eventually wound up

meeting the son she believes she had with Castro--

the son she had but didn't remember having.

The son she had but didn't have any physical evidence

encouraging her to flip on Castro and terminate him.

They flew her out to the USA, gave her poison pills

realized she couldn't go through with it.

Instead of killing Castro, Lorenz slept with Castro

We'll never know for sure, but some historians

and former spies believe that, among other consequences,

the Bay of Pigs fiasco would have never occurred.

Lorenz seemed to have re-centered herself around

killing Castro, and she found herself training with Operation

a CIA anti-Castro group located in Florida.

Among other trainees at the camp was Lee Harvey Oswald,

the guy who would eventually assassinate President John F

According to Lorenz, Oswald had recruited

members of the camp for a secret road trip to Dallas.

Lorenz initially joined them, but when she found out

Oswald's intentions, she abandoned them and flew home

She said she heard about Kennedy's assassination