Peter Sichel
Peter Sichel | |
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Portrait as a private in the U.S. Army, 1942 | |
| Born | Peter Max Ferdinand Sichel September 12, 1922 |
| Died | February 24, 2025 (aged 102) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupations | Wine merchant, author |
| Children | 3 (1 deceased) |
Peter M. F. Sichel (September 12, 1922 – February 24, 2025) was a German-American wine merchant and operative of the U.S. secret services, who popularized the Blue Nun wine brand, (for a while the largest international wine brand in the world). Prior to this he ran the CIA's operations in Berlin and later in Hong Kong during the early stages of the Cold War.