Talk by Julia Winckler on Wolfgang Suschitzky – life and photography. Father founded a social-democratic bookshop in Vienna. His sister, Edith Tudor-Hart, was a photographer too. She died at the age of 64, whereas Wolf was 104 when he died. Edith was also involved in recruiting Soviet spies, including the Cambridge Spy ring, and eventually photographed less as she was constantly being followed by MI5.
Wolfgang went to London in 1934 but could not earn anything from photography till 1938, when he was given a work permit.
There used to be a big German-language bookshop somewhere in north London (Boundary Road), called Libris. Unfortunately I never went there. It apparently closed in 1971. I did not realize it was founded by relations of the photographer Wolfgang Suschitzky, Joseph and Wilhelm Suschitzky.
‘German books in seven rooms’: memoirs of Libris (London) Ltd, 1945–71
Also of interest:
with further reading and references, including this map of “Finchleystrasse“.
Holding up a mirror to life – the photography of Wolf Suschitzky (1912-2016)
Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies, Senate House, University of London, 21 October 2026
Dr. Julia Winckler, University of Brighton