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'''Helen Witte Silvermaster''' nee '''Vera Lavrow''' was born 19 July 1899 in [[Russia]]. Her father, Baron Peter Wittee, was a counselor to the Czar and acted as advisor to the [[mongolia|Mongolian]] government.  After the [[October Revolution]] he was released and later became the head of the Rice Institute in the Southern [[Ukraine]].  He was known in Russia as the “Red Baron” for his support of the [[Bolsheviks]].  After the Revolution she traveled to [[China]] and married a Russian becoming '''Vera Ivanova Witte''' about 1923. They emigrated to [[San Francisco]] in 1924 where her son, [[Anatole Volkov|Anatole Boris Volkov]] was born in 1924. Shortly after Anatole's birth the couple separated and Helen began living with [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]]. They were married in 1930.

'''Helen Witte Silvermaster''' nee '''Vera Lavrow''' was born 19 July 1899 in [[Russia]]. Her father, Baron Peter Wittee, was a counselor to the [[Czar]] and acted as advisor to the [[mongolia|Mongolian]] government.  After the [[October Revolution]] he was released and later became the head of the Rice Institute in the Southern [[Ukraine]].  He was known in Russia as the “Red Baron” for his support of the [[Bolsheviks]].  After the Revolution she traveled to [[China]] and married a Russian becoming '''Vera Ivanova Witte''' about 1923. They emigrated to [[San Francisco]] in 1924 where her son, [[Anatole Volkov|Anatole Boris Volkov]] was born in 1924. Shortly after Anatole's birth the couple separated and Helen began living with [[Greg Silvermaster|Nathan Gregory Silvermaster]]. They were married in 1930.

The couple came to Washington D.C. in 1939.  In Washington Helen was one of the leaders of the Washington Bookshop, the [[American League for Peace and Democracy]], the Washington Committee for Aid to China, and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. All these organizations were [[Comintern]] and [[CPUSA]] sponsored organizations.

The couple came to [[Washington D.C.]] in 1939.  In Washington Helen was one of the leaders of the Washington Bookshop, the [[American League for Peace and Democracy]], the Washington Committee for Aid to China, and the National Federation for Constitutional Liberties. All these organizations were [[Comintern]] and [[CPUSA]] sponsored organizations.

Helen's code name with Soviet intelligence and in the [[Venona project]] is "Dora".

Helen's code name with Soviet intelligence and in the [[Venona project]] is "Dora".