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'''Trude Lash''', formerly '''Gertrude Pratt''', nee '''Wenzel''' (June 1908 – 4 February 2004). She was born in June 1908 in Freiburg, Germany. She taught kindergarten while attending the University of Heidelberg and studying journalism. In 1930 she earned a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Freiburg. Thereafter she emigrated to the United States and taught German literature and philosophy at Hunter College, and continued research at Columbia University.
'''Trude Lash''', formerly '''Gertrude Pratt''', nee '''Wenzel''' (June 1908 – 4 February 2004) was a personal close friend of First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]], a [[KGB]] operative, [[Universal Declaration of Human Rights|United Nations Human Rights Committee]] member, and founder of the Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute at the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park, New York.
==Background==
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. In 1944 Trude and Lash were married.
Trude Lash was born in June 1908 in Freiburg, Germany. She taught kindergarten while attending the University of Heidelberg and studying journalism. In 1930 she earned a PhD in Philosophy at the University of Freiburg. Thereafter she emigrated to the United States and taught German literature and philosophy at Hunter College, and continued research at Columbia University.
Trude Lash 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 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.
Trude succeeded [[Joseph Lash]] as general-secretary of the ISS. Joseph Lash was investigated by the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]], and became good friends with First Lady [[Eleanor Roosevelt]]. Joe Lash worked closely with [[Molly Yard]]. Joe Lash and Yard were prominent members of the [[Popular Front]] and staunch fellow travelers of the [[Communist]] bloc. In 1944 Trude and Joseph Lash were married.
==KGB activities==
==KGB activities==
Venona decrypt 786-787 New York to Moscow 26 May 1943 reads as follows,
Venona decrypt 786-787 New York to Moscow 26 May 1943 reads as follows,
:To [[VIKTOR]].[[Image:Lash.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Trude Lash with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt]]
:To [[VIKTOR]].
[[Image:Lash.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Trude Lash with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt]]
:For processing [ [[Roosevelt]] ]’s wife we [2 groups unrecovered] her great friend Gertrude PRATT, wife of the well-known wealthy Elliot PRATT. [15 groups unrecovered] patroness and guide. In this line contact is being maintained with her by Aleksoj SOKIRKIN, the official representative of the MOSCOW Anti-Fascist Student Committee [0% who arrived] [6 groups unrecovered] “Syndicate” [People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs]. [38 groups unrecovered] The latter circumstances for bringing [ [[Elizabeth Zarubina]] ] into close touch with her with a view to [119 groups unrecovered or unrecoverable] or scientific worker. [87 groups unrecovered] [64 groups unrecoverable] [Roosevelt] [1 group unrecovered] [Translators note: This unidentified group is not simply an inflexion added to [Roosevelt]. It is possible that it is added to form an oblique case of the word KAPITANShA – "Captain’s wife" [Roosevelt’s wife] which might have been adopted to replace the form “wife of "CAPTAIN" [Roosevelt] which is used at the opening of the message. [71 groups unrecovered] for further processing.
:For processing [ [[Roosevelt]] ]’s wife we [2 groups unrecovered] her great friend Gertrude PRATT, wife of the well-known wealthy Elliot PRATT. [15 groups unrecovered] patroness and guide. In this line contact is being maintained with her by Aleksoj SOKIRKIN, the official representative of the MOSCOW Anti-Fascist Student Committee [0% who arrived] [6 groups unrecovered] “Syndicate” [People’s Commissariat for Foreign Affairs]. [38 groups unrecovered] The latter circumstances for bringing [ [[Elizabeth Zarubina]] ] into close touch with her with a view to [119 groups unrecovered or unrecoverable] or scientific worker. [87 groups unrecovered] [64 groups unrecoverable] [Roosevelt] [1 group unrecovered] [Translators note: This unidentified group is not simply an inflexion added to [Roosevelt]. It is possible that it is added to form an oblique case of the word KAPITANShA – "Captain’s wife" [Roosevelt’s wife] which might have been adopted to replace the form “wife of "CAPTAIN" [Roosevelt] which is used at the opening of the message. [71 groups unrecovered] for further processing.
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