11 Facts About Alexander Werth

Alexander Werth was a Russian-born, naturalized British writer, journalist, and war correspondent.

Alexander Werth attended classes at the University of Glasgow from 1919 to 1922, taking classes in English, French, History, Russian, Philosophy and Comparative Literature.

Alexander Werth became a naturalised British citizen on 7 July 1930.

Alexander Werth wrote about France in the prewar period and he wrote about Russia in World War II, especially the Battle of Stalingrad and the Siege of Leningrad.

Alexander Werth was one of the first outsiders to be allowed into Stalingrad after the battle.

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Alexander Werth spent most of World War II in Russia as a BBC correspondent, and had unrivalled access due to the combination of his BBC press credentials and his ability to function as a native Russian speaker.

Alexander Werth believed the Soviet version that the Germans were the perpetrators.

Alexander Werth was the Moscow correspondent for the Guardian newspaper from 1946 to 1949.

Alexander Werth's son Nicolas Werth is a French historian who specializes in the history of the Soviet Union.

Alexander Werth was among a group of journalists who visited Majdanek concentration and extermination camp after it had been discovered by the advancing Red Army.

Alexander Werth filed a report on the atrocities that had been committed there, but the BBC initially refused to broadcast it, believing that it was too incredible to be true and suspecting a Soviet propaganda stunt.