Lefkowitz, Louis.

Biography

Lefkowitz, Louis. b. October 1914 (or circa 1909); Russian American; Single; Clerk (Furrier’s Union); CP 1929, unit organizer and YCL; Received Passport# 368153 on February 18, 1937 which listed his address as 3114 Brighton 7th Street, Brooklyn, New York (867 Crodona Park, Bronx, New York); Sailed March 10, 1937 aboard the Washington; Arrived in Spain on April 2, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Washington BN, Co. 3, Section 2; Served at Jarama and Brunete; Became ill July 7, 1937 and was sent to hospital; Returned to the US on February 16, 1938 aboard the Lafayette; d. November 26, 1988.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Washington; Repatriation List (1/29/1938, ll. 99);RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 931, ll. 33; L-W Tree Ancestry.