Augustina Stridsberg Explained

Augustina Stridsberg
Allegiance:Soviet
Codename1:Klara
Birth Date:1892
Death Date:1978
Nationality:American
Children:Margietta Voge
Occupation:Writer, interpreter, translator

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
  2. [John Earl Haynes]