Alfred Liskow
Alfred Liskow (also spelled Liskov or Liskof; first name sometimes given as Albert; 1910 – 1942?) was a German soldier and deserter who swam across the Bug River at 21:00 on the eve of Operation Barbarossa near Sokal, just north of Lwow, in 1941 to warn the Red Army of imminent attack the next morning.

Alfred Liskow was born 1910. Before joining the German military 1939, he worked as a furniture maker at a furniture factory in Kołobrzeg. He was a dedicated Communist and at one point a member of the Roter Frontkämpferbund.

Liskow served at Infantry Regiment 222 of the 75th infantry division stationed on the eve of the invasion north to the town Sokal (north to Lwow). At that time he was 30 years old. After learning about the German invasion, he left his military unit and having swum across the Bug river on June 21, 1941 at about 9:00 pm surrendered to the Soviet border patrol soldiers of the 90th Border Unit. During a questioning, he said that at dawn on June 22, the German Wehrmacht would attack.

After that the Soviet authorities used him for their propaganda. One of the quotes attributed to him was "I am from a family of workers, from Kolberg. My parents and I hate Hitler and his regime. For us, the USSR is a friendly country, and we don’t want to fight with the Soviet people. There are many such families in Germany. They don’t want a war with you." In spite of this in January 1942 he was arrested and put to a Soviet prisoner camp, and was rehabilitated July 16, 1942. Liskow's fate is unknown. However, Stalin later ordered the execution of a "German deserter" for misinformation. It is unclear if this refers to Liskow or another German deserter.
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