Lea Schiavi

Female 1907 - 1942  (35 years)


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  • Name Lea Schiavi 
    Birth 02 Mar 1907  Italy Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 24 Apr 1942  Teheran, Iran Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Italian anti-fascist journalist. Lea was murdered by undetermined assailants in South Persia in 1942 while her husband was reporting in India. While the murder was never solved it is believed to be, based on a story told by Burdett, that the murder was directly related to Burdett's no longer spying for the Soviet Union due to his ongoing disillusionment with Communism.

      The story Burdett told was that his wife was working in South Persia, reporting from Kurdistan, when her vehicle was stopped by a truck full of Russian soldiers. The soldiers immediately started specifically asking if she was in the car. When they found out she was, she was killed instantly. Burdett believed she was killed because she had uncovered links between military training camps in Iran and an upcoming communist coup in Yugoslavia.

      Schiavi's murder partly influenced Burdett to testify about his espionage before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee.
    Person ID I35064  OurNorthernRoots
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2011 

    Family Winston M. Burdett,   b. 12 Dec 1913, Buffalo, Erie Co., New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 May 1993, Rome, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1940 
    Family ID F12762  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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