Ruth Wilson
Encyclopedia
Ruth Beverly Wilson was married to Jacob Epstein
. Epstein had been wounded in the Spanish Civil War
after he volunteered for the International Brigades
. Ruth, who was a nurse, met him while he was recuperating from his injuries. They were allegedly Soviet intelligence
agents, who were stationed in Mexico City
during World War II
. They were allegedly involved in the efforts to break Leon Trotsky
's killer, Ramón Mercader
, out of a Mexican prison.
Wilson's code name in Soviet intelligence and deciphered in the Venona transcripts is "Nona".
Jacob Epstein (student)
Jacob Epstein, also Jake Bermanen, was born in Brooklyn, New York of Russian parents. He graduated from Cornell University in 1924, where he became friends with Anna Colloms, who was also a student. In 1938, Epstein volunteered for the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War, and...
. Epstein had been wounded in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
after he volunteered for the International Brigades
International Brigades
The International Brigades were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939....
. Ruth, who was a nurse, met him while he was recuperating from his injuries. They were allegedly Soviet intelligence
NKVD
The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....
agents, who were stationed in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. They were allegedly involved in the efforts to break Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky
Leon Trotsky , born Lev Davidovich Bronshtein, was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and theorist, Soviet politician, and the founder and first leader of the Red Army....
's killer, Ramón Mercader
Ramón Mercader
Jaime Ramón Mercader del Río Hernández was a Spanish communist who became famous as the murderer of Russian Communist ideologist Leon Trotsky in 1940, in Mexico...
, out of a Mexican prison.
Wilson's code name in Soviet intelligence and deciphered in the Venona transcripts is "Nona".
