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Chambers was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, [3] and spent his infancy in Brooklyn. His family moved to Lynbrook, Long Island, New York State, in 1904, where he grew up and attended school. [2] [4] His parents were Jay Chambers and Laha Whittaker. He described his childhood as troubled because of his parents' separation and their need to ...
Whittaker Chambers (nascido Jay Vivian Chambers; Filadélfia, Pensilvânia, 1 de abril de 1901 - Westminster, Maryland, 9 de julho de 1961) foi um escritor e editor norte-americano que, após os primeiros anos como membro do Partido Comunista (1925) e espião soviético (1932-1938), desertou em 1938, trabalhou para a revista Time ...
Whittaker Chambers (born April 1, 1901, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S.—died July 9, 1961, near Westminster, Md.) was an American journalist, Communist Party member, Soviet agent, and a principal figure in the Alger Hiss case, one of the most publicized espionage incidents of the Cold War.
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Learn about the life and work of Whittaker Chambers, who was a Communist spy, a TIME editor, and a witness in the Hiss Case. Explore his memoir Witness, his translations, his letters, and his legacy.
Witness, first published in May 1952, is a best-selling book of memoirs by American writer Whittaker Chambers (1901–1961), which recounts his life as a dedicated Marxist-communist ideologist in the 1920s, his work in the Soviet underground during the 1930s, and his 1948 testimony before the US Congress, which led to a criminal ...
Whittaker Chambers (nascido Jay Vivian Chambers; Filadélfia, Pensilvânia, 1 de abril de 1901 - Westminster, Maryland, 9 de julho de 1961) foi um escritor e editor norte-americano que, após os primeiros anos como membro do Partido Comunista (1925) e espião soviético (1932-1938), desertou em 1938, trabalhou para a revista Time (1939–1948 ...
Whittaker Chambers, orig. Jay Vivian Chambers, (born April 1, 1901, Philadelphia—died July 9, 1961, near Westminster, Md., U.S.), U.S. journalist and principal figure in the Alger Hiss case. He joined the Communist Party in 1923 and worked at various times as an editor at New Masses , The Daily Worker , and Time magazine.
