In her own day ana pauker was named the most powerful woman in the world by time magazine today when she is remembered at all she is thought of as the puppet of soviet communism in romania. In his introduction levy describes ana pauker as the daughter of poor religious jews rising to the pinnacle of power in a country traditionally disdainful of both jews and women officially romanias foreign minister from 1947 to 1952 the first woman to hold such a post pauker was actually the unofficial head of romanias communist party after world war ii and for a number of years she was the countrys true behind the scenes leader levy examines paukers life and career the evidence . In his introduction levy describes ana pauker as the daughter of poor religious jews rising to the pinnacle of power in a country traditionally disdainful of both jews and women officially romanias foreign minister from 1947 to 1952 the first woman to hold such a post pauker was actually the unofficial head of romanias communist party after world war ii and for a number of years she was the countrys true behind the scenes leader levy examines paukers life and career . Robert levys new biography changes the picture dramatically revealing a woman of remarkable strength dominated by conflict and contradiction far more than by dogmatism telling the story of paukers youth in an increasingly anti semitic environment her commitment to a revolutionary career and her rise in the romanian communist movement levy makes no attempt to whitewash paukers life and . Ana pauker the rise and fall of a jewish communist robert levy author university 03 19 2001 release date 03 01 2001 genre nonfiction open ebook 419 pages 978 0 520 92508 3 show other