Martin Ebon (May 27, 1917 – February 11, 2006) was the pen-name of Hans Martin Schwarz, a German American journalist and author of non-fiction books and articles from the paranormal to politics, particularly as an anti-communist. Background Hans Martin Schwarz was born on May 27, 1917, in Hamburg, Germany. Career During the 1930s, Schwarz published in Israelitisches Familienblatt among other German-Jewish periodicals. In 1938, Schwarz emigrated to the USA, lived in New York City from 1938 onwards, and changed his name from Hans Martin Schwartz to Martin Ebon. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Office of War Information (formed June 1942), the U.S. Department of State (as an information officer), and by 1948 had joined the staff of Partisan Review magazine. In January 1948, Ebon published his first book in English, World Communism Today. The book reviewed a century of Marxism, following the publication of the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in 1848. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. praised the book as an "outstanding work on communist penetration and strategy." The book was cited as an expert source, e.g., 60,000 members in the Korean Communist Party as of 1949. In March 1948, he appeared on WMAL AM radio in Washington, DC, to discuss "Which Way America – Fascism, Communism, Socialism, or Democracy?" with Raymond Moley (Conservative), Norman Thomas (Socialist), and Leon Milton Birkhead (Unitarian). His July 1948 article "Communist Tactics in Palestine" in the Middle East Journal received a favorably review as "carefully documented" and "objective and non-partisan." In 1953, his book Malenkov: Stalin's Successor received mixed reviews as "short," quickly published (weeks after Stalin's death), and carefully appraising thanks to the author's previous book on world communism. It drew favorable comparison to Eugene Lyons' Our Secret Allies. Ebon held various positions in book and magazine retailing, including: Managing Editor of foreign language division, Overseas News Agency; U.S. Information Agency, New York City Information Officer on Far Eastern desks, 1950–52; Hill & Knowlton, Inc. (public relations), New York City Account Executive, 1952–53; Parapsychology Foundation, Inc., New York City, administrative secretary and editor, 1953–65, working closely with its founder, Eileen J. Garrett Lombard Associates, Inc. (public relations and publications consultants), New York City, president, 1962–82 Consulting Editor, New American Library (publishers), 1966–83 Executive Editor of hardcover book division, Playboy Press, 1971–72 Lecturer in Division of Social Sciences, The New School, 1949–50, 1955–56, 1967 Consultant, Foundation for