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

Catalogue reference: KV 2/2023

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This record is about the Herta Emilie ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (1) / Cyrille ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (2), aliases (1) Herta... dating from 1950 Jan 01 - 1955 Dec 31 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
KV 2/2023
Date
1950 Jan 01 - 1955 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)

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PF 44160 VOL 2
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Access conditions
Retained Until 2005
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11249308/

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The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files

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