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In 1930, Eino Pekkala was given a 3-year sentence because of his political activities. Moorhouse now founded the organization ″Vankien Apu″ (Prisoner's Aid) to help political prisoners and their families. The organization was financed by her personal properties and fundraising, the Finnish section of
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representatives. Murrik introduced Moorhouse to her husband in July 1923. Pekkala and Murrik were already separated, but their divorce was not made official until January 1924. Moorhouse visited Pekkala for the first time in August 1924, and in 1925, they got engaged. For the next three years
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who wrote an article of the case. Although her organization was disbanded in January 1934, Moorhouse still continued her work with privately hired assistants. The Tammisaari camp was finally closed in 1937 because of the international pressure.
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Moorhouse was under surveillance of the intelligence services of Great Britain, Finland, Sweden, Estonia and Belgium. During the World War II, she was a contact person between Hella Wuolijoki and the Soviet secret service
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Moorhouse worked for the Communist Party as the press officer of the Woman's National Committee. In London, she was associated with the Estonian communist
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Moorhouse became one of the major financiers of the Finnish cultural left. She was also active in the civil rights movement, Moorhouse and the professor
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After the World War II, the political situation in Finland changed. The Communist organizations were legalized, and Eino Pekkala was a member of the
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Eino Pekkala's and Mary Moorhouse's daughter Salme Anne Pekkala was born in 1928. She was married to the Finnish diplomat
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who was living in exile in Stockholm. Wuolijoki invited Brecht to Helsinki, where he lived until Finland sided with the
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HĂ€ivĂ€hdys punaista : Hella Wuolijoki ja hĂ€nen sisarensa Salme Pekkala vallankumouksen palveluksessa
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which raised one-third of the money. In July 1933, Eino Pekkala took part on a hunger strike in the
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A Delicate Shade of Pink: Hella Wuolijoki and Her Sister Salme Pekkala at the Service of Revolution
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who visited Britain to see Murrik. In 1922, Moorhouse, Murrik and Palme Dutt were sent to
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who was active in the Manchester Communist Guild Group. In December 1919, Moorhouse,
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in 1883 and had four children. Mary Rhodes Moorhouse's eldest brother was the
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which was the founding congress of the Communist Party of Great Britain.
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HĂ€nen majesteettinsa agentit : brittitiedustelu Suomessa 1918–1941
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fighting for human rights and opposing fascism. She funded the author
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His Majesty's Agents: The British Intelligence in Finland 1918–1941
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participated the international student socialist conference in
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Moorhouse, Murrik and Palme Dutt worked for Comintern in
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Australia & New Zealand Law & History e-Journal
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Gildart, Keith; Howell, David; Kirk, Neville (2003).
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area. Edward Moorhouse and Mary Ann Rhodes moved to
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Oxon Hoath
United Kingdom
Helsinki
Finland
British
Finnish
Victoria University of Manchester
Eino Pekkala
William Barnard Rhodes
William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse
British
Finnish
patronage
civil rights activist
New Zealand
Communist Party of Great Britain
Comintern
Eino Pekkala
Oxon Hoath
Tonbridge and Malling
Kent
William Barnard Rhodes
Māori
Wellington
England
Royal Flying Corps
William Barnard Rhodes-Moorhouse
Victoria University of Manchester
guild socialist

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