Ellen Dahrendorf, Lady Dahrendorf (née Ellen Joan Krug) is a British historian and translator of Russian political works, and the former wife (1980–2004) of the late German/British academic and politician Ralf Dahrendorf

Ralf Dahrendorf

Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf, KBE, FBA was a German-British sociologist, philosopher, political scientist and liberal politician....

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Lady Dahrendorf has served on the board of the Jewish Institute for Policy Research, been chair of the British branch of the New Israel Fund

New Israel Fund

The New Israel Fund is a U.S. based non-profit organization established in 1979, and describes its objective as social justice and equality for all Israelis.-Ideology:...

, and is a co-founder of the Independent Jewish Voices

Independent Jewish Voices

For the Canadian group see Independent Jewish Voices . For the Australian group see Independent Australian Jewish Voices.Independent Jewish Voices is an organization launched on 5 February 2007 by 150 prominent British Jews such as Nobel laureate Harold Pinter, historian Eric Hobsbawm, lawyer Sir...

 organisation.

She is the daughter of James Krug, a school teacher and married Ralf Dahrendorf in 1980.

With her former husband, she lived in London and with a vacation home in Bonndorf

Bonndorf

Bonndorf is a town in the Waldshut district in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated in the southern Black Forest, 14 km southeast of Titisee-Neustadt. It comprises the villages Boll, Brunnadern, Dillendorf, Ebnet, Gündelwangen, Holzschlag, Wellendingen and Wittlekofen. The town is...

, Germany.

Translations

• A Question of Madness, by Zhores A. Medvedev and Roy A. Medvedev
• On Socialist Democracy, by Roy A. Medvedev
• Unknown Stalin, by Zhores A. Medvedev