Peter M. F. Sichel - U.S. Army, OSS/CIA 1941-59
Peter M. F. Sichel - U.S. Army, OSS/CIA 1941-59
Peter M. F. Sichel's childhood was interrupted by the Nazis while growing up a Jew in Germany. He moved with his family to France in 1939, was imprisoned as an enemy alien and eventually escaped, reaching the United States in 1941.
Peter joined the Army shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and served with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) sending spies into Germany. Peter eventually became a senior official with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) serving in Berlin, Hong Kong and Washington before joining his family wine business in 1960.
