Dodd, Martha, 1908-1990

Variant names
Dates:
Birth 1908-10-08
Death 1990-08-10
French,
Chinese, English, Russian, German, Czech, Spanish; Castilian,

Biographical notes:

Author and political exile. Full name Martha Eccles Dodd. Born, 1908; died, 1990.

From the description of Papers of Martha Dodd, 1898-1990 (bulk 1950-1990). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072348

Biographical Note

1908, Oct. 8 Born, Ashland, Va. 1930 Graduated, University of Chicago,Chicago, Ill. 1931 1933 Assistant literary editor, Chicago Tribune,Chicago, Ill. 1932, Mar. Married George B. Roberts (divorced 1934) 1933 1937 Berlin Berlin Berlinka Timberline Creek West Berlin School Berlin Church Oberlin Lake Timberline Campground Best Western Queens Hotel Berlin City West Berlin Schönefeld Airport Berling Hotel Berlin, Berlin Berlin Lichtenberg Berlin Mennonite Church South New Berlin Post Office Timberline Quarter Horse Farm Airport Sacred Heart Church of East Berlin Berlin Hotel Tulip Inn Berlin Frankfurter Tor Berlin Cemetery NH Berlin-Mitte Playones de Berlín Berlin Baptist Church Heaberlin Branch Germany Federal Republic of Germany Moved to Berlin with family and father, William E. Dodd, upon his appointment as United States ambassador to Germany 1938, Sept.13 Married Alfred K. Stern 1939 Publication of Through Embassy Eyes (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. 382 pp.) 1941 Publication of Ambassador Dodd's Diary (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. 464 pp.) 1945 Publication of Sowing the Wind (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co. 311 pp.) 1953 Fled to Mexico City, Mexico, while under investigation by the Justice Department on charges of having participated in Soviet espionage operations. 1955 Publication of The Searching Light (New York: Citadel Press. 345 pp.) 1957 Prague, Czechoslovakia Emigrated to Prague, Czechoslovakia Indicted in absentia by United States federal grand jury for participation in Soviet espionage operations 1962 Emigrated to Havana, Cuba 1968 Returned to Prague, Czechoslovakia 1979 Indictment charges dismissed by United States federal district court 1990, Aug. 10 Died, Prague, Czechoslovakia

From the guide to the Martha Dodd Papers, 1898-1990, (bulk 1950-1990), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Civil rights movement
  • Cold War
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Diplomatic and consular service, American
  • Espionage, Soviet
  • Exiles' writings
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Public housing
  • Public housing
  • Public housing
  • Public housing
  • Treason
  • Treason
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975

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  • Authors
  • Exiles

Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Berlin (Germany) (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)
  • Berlin (Germany) (as recorded)
  • Czechoslovakia (as recorded)
  • Czechoslovakia (as recorded)
  • Europe, Eastern (as recorded)
  • Germany (as recorded)
  • Cuba (as recorded)

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