Paul Wohl (1901 – April 2, 1985) was a German-born journalist and political commentator.

Background

Paul Wohl was born in 1901 in Berlin.

Career

In 1938, Wohl came to the United States as a correspondent for

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newspapers. He worked for the ''

Christian Science Monitor ''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...

'' from 1941 until 1979, when he retired. He also contributed to the ''

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'', ''

The Nation ''The Nation'' is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's '' The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper ...

'', ''

Barron's ''Barron's'' (stylized in all caps) is an American weekly magazine and newspaper published by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corp, since 1921. Founded as ''Barron's National Financial Weekly'' in 1921 by Clarence W. Barron (1855–19 ...

'', and ''

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''. In the mid-1920s, Wohl met

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Walter Krivitsky Walter Germanovich Krivitsky (Ва́льтер Ге́рманович Криви́цкий; birth name ''Samuel Gershevich Ginsberg,'' Самуил Гершевич Гинзберг, June 28, 1899 – February 10, 1941) was a Soviet military i ...

. Months after Krivitsky defected, Wohl left Europe for the States and became Krivitsky's literary agent. Wohl (and

Isaac Don Levine Isaac Don Levine (January 19, 1892 – February 15, 1981) was a 20th-century Russian-born American journalist and anticommunist writer, who is known as a specialist on the Soviet Union. He worked with Soviet ex-spy Walter Krivitsky in a 1939 e ...

as ghostwriter) helped the non-English-speaking Krivitsky write his memoir ''In Stalin's Secret Service'' (1939). At the time of its publication, they argued about fees owed to Wohl and severed their connection.

Death

Paul Wohl died age 84 in April 1985 at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, after living three years at the Pelham Parkway Nursing Home.

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Career

Death

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