| LC control no. | no2019158994 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Podoski, Barbara Lee, 1914-2009 |
| Variant(s) | Hauserová, Božena, 1914-2009 Lauwers, Barbara, 1914-2009 Lauwers Podoski, Barbara, 1914-2009 Podoski, Barbara Lauwers, 1914-2009 Lauwers, Zuzka, 1914-2009 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1914-04-22 |
| Death date | 2009-08-16 |
| Place of birth | Brno (Czech Republic) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Bata Shoe Company United States. Office of Strategic Services Voice of America (Organization) Library of Congress American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees, Inc. |
| Found in | Na všech frontách, 1992: title page verso (Dr. Barbara Lee Podoski) page 215 (maiden name: Božena Hauserová; born 22 April 1914 in Brno; holds law degree from Masarykova univerzita v Brně; worked for the Baťa firm from 1938 until 1941; came to the United States in 1941, where she worked as a press attaché at the Czechoslovak embassy; on the day that she obtained US citizenship, joined the US army; after the war, worked briefly for Voice of America; from 1947, worked at the Library of Congress, 1948-1968; afterwards, worked for nine years in Vienna for the American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees) Internetová encyklopedie dějin Brna WWW site, October 28, 2019: JUDr. Barbara Lee Podoski page (JUDr. Barbara Lee Podoski; birth name: Božena Hauserová; also had married name Lauwers; born 22 April 1914 in Brno; died 16 August 2009 in Washington (USA); obtained United States citizenship in 1943; took part in the anti-Nazi resistance outside of Czechoslovakia; changed her name from Božena to Barbara when she entered the US Army in 1943; saw action on the Western front for the Office of Strategic Services; after the war, worked for Voice of America and at the Library of Congress; after 1968, helped Czech emigrants in Vienna under the aegis of the American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees) <https://encyklopedie.brna.cz/home-mmb/?acc=profil_osobnosti&load=6926> Los Angeles Times WWW site, October 27, 2019: Barbara Lauwers Podoski dies at 95; launched psychological campaign against Germans in WWII page, dated 31 August 2009 (Barbara Lauwers Podoski; female operative in the Office of Strategic Services during World War II; worked as a research analyst for the Library of Congress; died 16 August [2009] in Washington, D.C.) <https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-barbara-lauwers-podoski31-2009aug31-story.html> Propaganda girls, 2025: CIP galley (Barbara “Zuzka” Lauwers; fluent in German and French, and took eight years of Latin and four of Classical Greek; spent a year studying at the University of Paris; enrolled in law school at Masaryk University; worked in the advertising department at Bata Enterprises; married Charles Lauwers, a Belgian-American; moved to the Belgian Congo; married Joseph Junosza Podoski) |
| Associated language | cze eng |
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