Olga the niece of Anton Chekhov left Russia during the civil war, went to Berlin and became Hitler's favourite film star As fresh research shows, she was undoubtedly a Soviet agent This book looks at how one family survived the Russian Revolution, the civil war, the rise of Hitler, the Stalinist Terror and the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union Olga and Lev both survived the most murderous era known in history What they had to do to stay alive may have left deep but hidden scars