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Ignatius Timothy Trebitsch-Lincoln, hungarian multiagent spy, as the next reincarnation of the Dalai Lama (lemmy.world)
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignaz_Trebitsch-Lincoln

What a story this guy has. Being a spy for multiple parties, finishing up as the claimant of being the Dalai Lamas reincarnation then dying under suspicious circumstances after writing Hitler to stop the holocaust.

The wiki page speaks for itself.

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[-] Bondrewd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, if the Japanese ever got to Tibet, he was the officially supported candicate.

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