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She joined the International Student Service (ISS), and returned to her homeland. In Germany she worked for a newspaper at the time of the [[National Socialist]] accession to power, and was openly critical of the new régime. Together with her first husband, Eliot Pratt, moved to the United States permanently, and assisted other refugees leaving seeking to leave Germany.
She joined the International Student Service (ISS), and returned to her homeland. In Germany she worked for a newspaper at the time of the [[National Socialist]] accession to power, and was openly critical of the new régime. Together with her first husband, Eliot Pratt, moved to the United States permanently, and assisted other refugees leaving seeking to leave Germany.
[[Image:Lash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Trude Lash with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt]]
[[Image:Lash.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Trude Lash with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt]]
Trude followed Joseph Lash as general-secretary of the ISS. Lash had been investigated by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], and became good friends with First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Lash worked closely with [[Molly Yard]]. Lash and Yard, were prominent members of the [[Popular Front]] and staunch fellow travelers of the [[Communist]] bloc.
Trude followed [[Joseph Lash]] as general-secretary of the ISS. Lash had been investigated by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], and became good friends with First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Lash worked closely with [[Molly Yard]]. Lash and Yard, were prominent members of the [[Popular Front]] and staunch fellow travelers of the [[Communist]] bloc.
A Venona decryption from May of 1943 discloses contact with Trude was maintained by Aleksej Sokirkin, First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. for [[KGB|Soviet intelligence]]. The decrypt proposes using Trude to process information on Eleanor Roosevelt (Kapitansha). It also suggests bringing [[Elizabeth Zarubina]], who handled many high-level important cases, into close touch with her.
A Venona decryption from May of 1943 discloses contact with Trude was maintained by Aleksej Sokirkin, First Secretary of the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C. for [[KGB|Soviet intelligence]]. The decrypt proposes using Trude to process information on Eleanor Roosevelt (Kapitansha). It also suggests bringing [[Elizabeth Zarubina]], who handled many high-level important cases, into close touch with her.