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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
In 1930 or 1931, Chambers married the artist Esther Shemitz (1900–1986). Shemitz, who had studied at the Art Students League and integrated herself into New York City's intellectual circles, met Chambers at the 1926 textile strike at Passaic, New Jersey.
- Ellen Chambers, John Chambers
- Jay Vivian Chambers, April 1, 1901, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
23. Aug. 1986 · Aug. 23, 1986 12 AM PT. From Times Wire Services. WESTMINSTER, Md. — The widow of Whittaker Chambers, whose 1949 testimony helped substantiate the charges her husband had made against former...
Chambers was under contract from Random House to write a further memoir but died (July 9, 1961) before he completed it. His wife Esther Shemitz and former colleague Duncan Norton-Taylor chose, edited, and assembled portions of the follow-on book plus diary entries, poetry, and other writings, published as Cold Friday in 1964.
- United States of America
- Whittaker Chambers
- English
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 Saturday....
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.
Married Esther Shemitz, herself a Communist, in 1931. His wife got him involved with the Communist underground movement seeking to overthrow the United States government. Chambers moved to Baltimore in 1934, using the name George Crosleyas he delivered stolen classified documents to a Russian agent, Colonel Boris Bykov.
