Zorge

On September 6, 1998, the Japanese national newspaper «Asahi» named Richard Sorge among the one hundred outstanding people of the 20th century, despite the fact that this man violated Japanese laws and was executed as a criminal — the first foreigner in the entire history of modern Japan. This recognition is not accidental, for in Japan, as everywhere else in the world, true heroes are valued, and the Japanese considered Sorge worthy of inclusion in this list. Are we assessing Sorge today according to his merits?