Elyesa Bazna - After The War

After The War

Bazna was paid £300,000 by the Abwehr which he kept hidden. After the war he tried to go into business, but when his sterling notes were checked by the Bank of England they were found to be counterfeit (see Operation Bernhard). Bazna later tried unsuccessfully to sue the West German government for outstanding pay. He lived in Istanbul for the rest of his life, giving singing lessons and working as a used car salesman. After Moyzisch published his book Who was Cicero? which raised a few awkward questions, British Intelligence assisted Bazna in writing I was Cicero the English edition of which was published by André Deutsch, a Hungarian publisher in London who also published von Papen's memoirs and was later asked to publish the memoirs of Kim Philby.