Augustina Stridsberg

Augustina Stridsberg
Born 1892
Died 1978
Nationality American
Occupation Writer, interpreter, translator
Children Margietta Voge
Spying career
Allegiance Soviet
Codename(s) Klara

Augustina Stridsberg, formerly Augustina Jirku (1892–1978),[1] was an American citizen, and the mother of Margietta Voge (née Jirku). Both mother and daughter worked for Soviet intelligence between 1943 and 1944. Stridsberg worked for the KGB San Francisco office. Her code name with Soviet intelligence, as deciphered by the Venona project, was "Klara".[2]

Stridsberg was also a writer and an interpreter as well as a literary translator.

References

  1. ↑ https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=showNextRecord&currentResultId=%22stridsberg%22%26any%26persons&currentPosition=1
  2. ↑ John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America, Yale University Press (1999), pgs. 369, 466. ISBN 0-300-08462-5
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