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Jona von Ustinov
German-british Journalist + Diplomat and Spy
Male
Born
Dec 2, 1892
Hometown
Jaffa
Died
Dec 1, 1962
Death Place
Eastleach
Nationality
German
Alma Mater
Université Joseph...
Other Names
Ustinov, Klop
Jona Baron von Ustinov was a German journalist and diplomat who worked for MI5 during the time of the Nazi regime. He was the son of Baron Plato von Ustinov and father of the actor Sir Peter Ustinov.
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CHILDHOOD
1892
Birth
Born in 1892.
1900
8 Years Old
Ustinov went to school in Jaffa, where - until 1900 - his father hosted the school of the Protestant Immanuel congregation in his Hôtel du Parc, later in Düsseldorf, and Yverdon.
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TWENTIES
1917
25 Years Old
His brother Peter von Ustinow joined the same unit and was killed in action on 13 July 1917.
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1920
28 Years Old
On 17 July 1920 he married the painter Nadezhda Leontievna Benois (aka Nadia Benois) (1896-1975), daughter of Leon Benois.
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FORTIES
1935
43 Years Old
Due to his political opinions Ustinov got into problems with the new Nazi government almost immediately. In 1935 the conflict culminated when Ustinov refused to prove that he was not of Jewish descent ("Ariernachweis").
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1939
47 Years Old
He also tried to convince the British government of a more robust attitude towards Nazi Germany. Seven months before the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, he was able to acquire the German plans.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1962
71 Years Old
Ustinov died on 1 December 1962 in Eastleach, Gloucestershire from a massive heart attack.
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