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Esther Shemitz (June 25, 1900 – August 16, 1986), also known as "Esther Chambers" and "Mrs. Whittaker Chambers," was a pacifist American painter and illustrator who, as wife of ex-Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers, provided testimony that "helped substantiate" her husband's allegations during the Hiss Case.
- June 25, 1900, New York City, US
- August 16, 1986 (aged 86), Westminster, Maryland, US
Whittaker Chambers (born Jay Vivian Chambers; April 1, 1901 – July 9, 1961) was an American writer and intelligence agent.
- Ellen Chambers, John Chambers
- Jay Vivian Chambers, April 1, 1901, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
20. Aug. 1986 · Esther Shemitz Chambers, the widow of Whittaker Chambers, who accused the former State Department official Alger Hiss in 1948 of providing secret information to the Soviet Union, died...
23. Aug. 1986 · Esther Shemitz Chambers, an artist and illustrator who married Chambers in 1930, had lived in Carroll County, Md., since the late 1930s. Chambers led House Un-American Activities Committee...
Esther Shemitz (June 25, 1900 – August 16, 1986), also known as " Esther Chambers " and " Mrs. Whittaker Chambers ," was an American painter and illustrator who, as wife of ex-Soviet spy Whittaker Chambers, provided testimony that "helped substantiate" her husband's allegations during the Hiss Case.
His wife, the former Esther Shemitz, was reported to have collapsed after his death and to have been taken to Gettysburg (Pa.) Hospital.
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 indictment again...
