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| − | |birth_date=1908 | + | |birth_date= 28 August 1908 |
| − | |death_date=1973 | + | |death_date=12 May 1973 |
| + | |ethnicity=Jewish | ||
| + | |birth_name=Edith Suschitzky | ||
|constitutes=spook, photographer | |constitutes=spook, photographer | ||
| − | |alma_mater=Bauhaus | + | |alma_mater=Bauhaus |
|birth_place=Vienna, Austria | |birth_place=Vienna, Austria | ||
|death_place=Brighton, England | |death_place=Brighton, England | ||
|nationality=British, Austrian | |nationality=British, Austrian | ||
| + | |description=Austrian-British photographer and spy for the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
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| + | '''Edith Tudor-Hart''' was an Austrian-British photographer and spy for the [[Soviet Union]]. Brought up in a family of socialists, she trained in photography at [[Walter Gropius]]'s [[Bauhaus]] in [[Dessau]], and carried her political ideals through her art. Through her connections with [[Arnold Deutsch]], Tudor-Hart was instrumental in the recruiting of the [[Cambridge Spy ring]] which damaged British intelligence from [[World War II]] until the security services discovered all their identities by the mid-1960s. She recommended [[Litzi Friedmann]] and [[Kim Philby]] for recruitment by the [[KGB]]<ref name=Walter-2003>https://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2003/may/10/weekend7.weekend2</ref> and acted as an intermediary for [[Anthony Blunt]] and [[Bob Stewart (spy)|Bob Stewart]] when the ''[[rezidentura]]'' at the Soviet Embassy in London suspended its operations in February 1940.<ref name="Guardian 21 August 2015">[https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/aug/21/how-mi5-failed-to-expose-matriarch-of-cambridge-spy-ring The Guardian", 21 August 2015, ''How MI5 failed to expose matriarch of Cambridge spy ring'' by Ian Cobain]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:51, 29 October 2023
 Edith Tudor Hart     (spook, photographer) | |
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| Born | Edith Suschitzky 28 August 1908 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 12 May 1973 (Age 64) Brighton, England |
| Nationality | British, Austrian |
| Ethnicity | Jewish |
| Alma mater | Bauhaus |
Austrian-British photographer and spy for the Soviet Union. | |
Edith Tudor-Hart was an Austrian-British photographer and spy for the Soviet Union. Brought up in a family of socialists, she trained in photography at Walter Gropius's Bauhaus in Dessau, and carried her political ideals through her art. Through her connections with Arnold Deutsch, Tudor-Hart was instrumental in the recruiting of the Cambridge Spy ring which damaged British intelligence from World War II until the security services discovered all their identities by the mid-1960s. She recommended Litzi Friedmann and Kim Philby for recruitment by the KGB[1] and acted as an intermediary for Anthony Blunt and Bob Stewart when the rezidentura at the Soviet Embassy in London suspended its operations in February 1940.[2]
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