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Ruth Werner | |
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| Born | Ursula Maria Kuczynski 15 May 1907 |
| Died | 7 July 2000 (aged 93) Berlin, Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Spy writer |
| Political party | KPD (1926) SED (1950) |
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| Children | Maik Hamburger (1931–2020) Janina "Nina" Hamburger/Blankenfeld (1936–2012) Peter John Beurton (1943) |
Ursula Kuczynski (15 May 1907 – 7 July 2000),[1] also known as Ruth Werner, Ursula Beurton and Ursula Hamburger, was a German Communist activist who spied for the Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s, most famously as the handler of nuclear scientist Klaus Fuchs.[2][3] She moved to East Germany in 1950 when Fuchs was unmasked, and published a series of books related to her espionage activities, including her bestselling autobiography, Sonjas Rapport.
Sources concerned with her espionage work in the 1930s/40s sometimes use the cover name originally suggested to her in Shanghai by her fellow intelligence operative Richard Sorge: "Sonja",[1][4] "Sonja Schultz"[2] or, after she moved to Britain, "Sonya".[3]
- ^ a b "Gestorben Ruth Werner". Der Spiegel (online). 10 July 2000. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
- ^ a b Barth, Bernd-Rainer; Hartewig, Karin. "Werner, Ruth (eigtl.: Ursula Maria Beurton) geb. Kuczynski * 15.05.1907, † 07.07.2000 Schriftstellerin, Agentin des sowjetischen Nachrichtendienstes GRU". Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur: Biographische Datenbanken. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ a b Norton-Taylor, Richard (11 July 2000). "Ruth Werner: Communist spy who passed the west's atomic secrets to Moscow in the cause of fighting fascism". The Guardian (online). Retrieved 2 January 2015.
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