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Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer and intelligence agent. After early years as a Communist Party member (1925) and Soviet spy (1932–1938), he defected from the Soviet underground in 1938.
Esther Shemitz (June 25, 1900 – August 16, 1986), also known as "Esther Chambers" and "Mrs. Whittaker Chambers," was a pacifist American painter and illustrator who, as wife of ex-Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers, provided testimony that "helped substantiate" her husband's allegations during the Hiss Case.
Whittaker Chambers, author of Witness (from 1948 photo in the Library of Congress). What became the "Hiss Case" started on August 3, 1948, when Whittaker Chambers appeared under subpoena before the US House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and testified about his work in the Soviet underground, including service in the mid-1930s as courier between Soviet handlers in New York and members ...
Alger Hiss (November 11, 1904 – November 15, 1996) was an American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s. The statute of limitations had expired for espionage, but he was convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950.
Tanya recalled that Brittney appeared disheveled when she arrived back at her mother’s house so they could travel together to Whitwell’s home — to the crime scene — after learning about ...
Whittaker Chambers states Alger Hiss was a communist on the radio broadcast on August 27, 1948, which leads to libel suit from Hiss, the Pumpkin Papers, and Justice's indictment of Hiss by December 1948. [10] First female guest: Elizabeth Bentley, a courier for a Communist spy ring, on September 12, 1948. [10]
Chambers included shots of herself and her two kids — daughter Harper, 10, and son Ford, who turns 8 this month — as well as a funny shot with their dad, Chambers' ex-husband Armie Hammer ...
Keisha Whitaker was just 51 when she died on Dec. 7, 2023.