Elsa Bernaut Manuscript, 1951

Collection context

Creator:
Bernaut, Elsa, 1898-1978
Extent:
1 item (2 folders)
Language:
English .
Scope and content:

Typescript entitled "The Ukraine after the October Revolution" (252 p.), attributed by an unknown person to Elsa Bernaut. It deals with the history of the Ukraine from 1917 to the late 1940s.

Biographical / historical:

Elsa Bernaut (1989-1978), aka Else Bernaut, Elisabeth Poretsky, Elisabeth K. Poretsky, Elsa Reiss. She was wife of Ignace Reiss (aka Ignace Poretsky), a Russian spy who was assassinated by NKVD team in Switzerland on September 4, 1937, a few weeks after he declared his defection in a letter addressed to Stalin. Elsa Bernaut managed to escape first to Holland and then to the USA.

Access and use

Restrictions:

This collection is located on-site.

Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Elsa Bernaut Manuscript; Box and Folder (if known); Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Libraries.

Location of this collection:
6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
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