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Herta Emilie ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (1) / Cyrille ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (2), aliases (1) Herta...

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2022

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This record is about the Herta Emilie ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (1) / Cyrille ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (2), aliases (1) Herta... dating from 1933 Jan 01 - 1949 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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KV 2/2022

Date

1933 Jan 01 - 1949 Dec 31

Description

Herta Emilie ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (1) / Cyrille ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (2), aliases (1) Herta Emilie SOMMERFIELD, Herta Emilie GURR, Herta Emilie JURR, Herta TEMPI, Maria SORM (2) Cyrille BOGOWSKY, Edmond CARY: (1) German/French (2) Russian/French. Herta ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY was German born, French by one of her many liaisons, and an adventurous and peripatetic Communist, suspected Soviet agent and Director (or Secretary) of the Unitarian Service Committee (USC) in Paris. Cyrille ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY, a professional translator/interpreter, was on record largely because of his marriage to Herta and his one time close association with the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)

Note

Serial 22c: background to Herta's first visit to the UK (using false name and documentation). Serial 38a: US report on Herta ('Madame TEMPI'). Serial 48a: Herta is USC Area Director for France and a member of the 'Rote Capelle' (Soviet Intelligence Organisation)

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference

PF 44160 VOL 1

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Public Record(s)

Access conditions

Retained Until 2005

Closure status

Open Document, Open Description

Subjects
Topics
Labour
Marriage and divorce
Communism
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249307/

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