Carl Marzani

| birth_place = Rome | death_place = US | birth_name = | nationality = American | occupation = Economist, intelligence analyst, film producer, author, publisher, landlord | signature = Carl A. Marzani signature.jpg | years_active = 1936–1980s | education = B.A., Williams College, 1935;
B.A., Oxford University, 1938 | known_for = Documentary films | party = Communist Party GB, Communist Party USA | criminal_charges = Defrauding U.S. government | notable_works = | spouse = Edith Eisner (Edith Emerson),
Charlotte Pomerantz | children = 2 with Eisner, 2 with Pomerantz | module = 1936–1937
(During WW II) | branch = International Brigades
Joint Chiefs of Staff | unit = Lincoln Battalion
Durruti Column
Office of Strategic Services }} }} Carl Aldo Marzani (4 March 1912 – 11 December 1994) was an Italian-born American political activist with a series of careers as a volunteer soldier in the Spanish Civil War, organizer for the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), United States intelligence official, documentary filmmaker with an Academy Award nomination, author, and publisher. During World War II he served in the federal intelligence agency, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), and later the U.S. Department of State. He picked the targets for the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, which took place on April 18, 1942. Marzani served nearly three years in prison for having concealed his former CPUSA membership when joining the US war effort in 1942. Provided by Wikipedia