Ursula Kuczynski
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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.
Ruth Werner | |
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Born | Ursula Maria Kuczynski 15 May 1907 |
Died | 7 July 2000(2000-07-07) (aged 93) Berlin, Germany |
Occupation(s) | Spy writer |
Political party | KPD (1926) SED (1950) |
Spouses | |
Children | Maik Hamburger (1931–2020) Janina "Nina" Hamburger/Blankenfeld (1936–2012) Peter John Beurton (1943) |
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]