Marita Lorenz was born in Germany in 1939 and as a child was incarcerated in the Bergen Belsen concentration camp. In the years that followed, she often sailed with her father, who was a ship captain, and, in 1959, she met Fidel Castro, with whom she fell in love. Later, the CIA would recruit her and send her to assassinate Castro, an act she was unable to commit. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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Here is the dramatic, glamorous story of lover-turned-spy Marita Lorenz and her affair with Fidel Castro, the basis for a major motion picture starring Jennifer Lawrence. Few people can say they have seen some of the most significant moments of the twe... SEE MORE