Nahum Eitingon

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Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon (Russian: Наум Исаакович Эйтингон, romanized: Naum Isaakovich Eytingon), also known as Leonid Aleksandrovich Eitingon (Russian: Леонид Александрович Эйтингон; 6 December 1899 – 3 May 1981), was a Soviet intelligence officer. Eitingon rose through the ranks of the early Soviet Union's intelligence services through his involvement in a number of special operations, most famously the assassination of Leon Trotsky. Later in his career, he organized anti-Nazi Partisan networks and used his extensive network in the United States to engage in atomic espionage. Eitingon fell victim to the secret police apparatus he helped build after being accused of "Zionist plotting" in 1951, effectively ending his intelligence career. He lived out the rest of his life in relative obscurity.

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