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'''Elisabeth Hardy''' (born '''Elisabeth Mary Stewart'''; August 3, 1923 – July 21, 2016) was a [[translator]] at [[Bletchley Park]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref>''Codebreakers – The inside story of Bletchley Park'', edited by [[F. H. Hinsley]] and Alan Stripp, [[Oxford University Press]]</ref> She later provided translation and expertise for the [[Nuremberg Trials]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1996-04-16/html/CREC-1996-04-16-pt1-PgS3411.htm|title=Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996), Senate, Pages S3411-S3412, The 50th Anniversary of the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal |
'''Elisabeth Hardy''' (born '''Elisabeth Mary Stewart'''; August 3, 1923 – July 21, 2016) was a [[translator]] at [[Bletchley Park]] during the [[Second World War]].<ref>''Codebreakers – The inside story of Bletchley Park'', edited by [[F. H. Hinsley]] and Alan Stripp, [[Oxford University Press]]</ref> She later provided translation and expertise for the [[Nuremberg Trials]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-1996-04-16/html/CREC-1996-04-16-pt1-PgS3411.htm|title=Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996), Senate, Pages S3411-S3412, The 50th Anniversary of the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal |
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From 1945 to 1948 Hardy served as an expert during the Nuremberg trials, providing information on Nazi chain of command and German translation.<ref name="Obit"/> |
From 1945 to 1948 Hardy served as an expert during the Nuremberg trials, providing information on Nazi chain of command and German translation.<ref name="Obit"/> |
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During the Nuremberg trials she met and married Alexander G. Hardy, a senior U.S. prosecutor on the Medical Case.<ref name="Obit"/> |
During the Nuremberg trials she met and married Alexander G. Hardy, a senior U.S. prosecutor on the Medical Case.<ref name="Obit"/> After this she moved to the United States. |
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Latest revision as of 15:05, 22 April 2022
Elisabeth Hardy (born Elisabeth Mary Stewart; August 3, 1923 – July 21, 2016) was a translator at Bletchley Park during the Second World War.[1] She later provided translation and expertise for the Nuremberg Trials.[2]
Background
[edit]Elisabeth Hardy studied Modern Languages at Glasgow University. From 1942-1945, as an expert in German, she worked at Bletchley Park as a member of the Hut 3, translating the military intelligence in the decrypted Nazi and Luftwaffe messages.[3][4]
From 1945 to 1948 Hardy served as an expert during the Nuremberg trials, providing information on Nazi chain of command and German translation.[4]
During the Nuremberg trials she met and married Alexander G. Hardy, a senior U.S. prosecutor on the Medical Case.[4] After this she moved to the United States.
References
[edit]- ^ Codebreakers – The inside story of Bletchley Park, edited by F. H. Hinsley and Alan Stripp, Oxford University Press
- ^ "Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 48 (Tuesday, April 16, 1996), Senate, Pages S3411-S3412, The 50th Anniversary of the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal". Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
- ^ Bletchley Park Roll of Honour
- ^ a b c Obituary - Elisabeth Hardy, Glaswegian who decoded German messages at Bletchley