Rad (* 1899 in Budapest; "† 1981 in Budapest) were a Hungarian geographer and Kartograf, who were during the Second World War under the pseudonym Dora member European-wide agent net of the "red chapel" and to which Soviet Union communicated attack date of Hitler.

Life

Rad turns early to communism, then he becomes during the short Hungarian soviet republic 1919 Politkommissar. After its failure must emigrate to Austria, it begins a study of geography in Vienna. it takes 1921 as delegates at the 3. World congress of the Komintern in Moscow part. 1922 it continues its studies in Jena and Leipzig. 1924 publish in the Westermann publishing house one politically map of the Soviet Union and draw thereby the abbreviation USSR. He will remain also in the following years for many German publishing houses the Soviet Union expert and for their maps will have responsibility. 1925 appear the "leader by the Soviet Union" a travel guide, which represents the only reliable work for the next 20 years over the Soviet Union. is in the following years in different countries actively, published however particularly in Germany. 1929 appear to Alex and/or Alexander under the name the "Atlas for politics, economics, workers' movement, volume 1. the imperialism" a trailblazing work, whose cover was arranged by John Heartfield. 1932 appear the first air passage leader and create the first cartographic press agency.

After seizure of power of the national socialists 1933 flees to Paris and is there founder of the press agency Inpress. Arthur Koestler becomes there its Mitarbeiter.1936 pulls into Switzerland and creates in Geneva the cartographic agency geopresses, which supplies newspapers with current map material. After outbreak of the war it part constituted by Leopold Trepper led agent net of the red chapel, it of Switzerland from information about the German war preparations. Thus it can let the correct attack date convey on the Soviet Union. Also different strategically important information is raised and passed on. Ruth Werner alias "Sonja" is in the meantime active for it as Funkerin. Only 1944 succeed it to its opponents to seek out the location of its radio operators and it are forced to flee from Switzerland. Over Paris and Cairo he arrives into the Soviet Union, in which immediately in a Gulag in Workuta one interns. For Stalin meant a safety risk, similarly as in the case of Richard concern, since its serious false estimate admits to him concerning German attack was. 1955 rehabilitated, he turned back to Budapest and became there employee in the national office for measurement and geography. Later he became additionally also director/conductor of the institute for economic geography of the Budapester university.

Works

• Dora announces"Â…, Berlin, the Dt. democratic republic, 1974

Related links

"Atlas for politics, economics, workers' movement, volume 1. the imperialism"

• http://imaginarymuseum.org/MHV/PZImhv/RadoAtlasfurPolitik.html

Literature

• Karl In the area we read the time ISBN 3-596-16718-3, P. 229 FF

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