Biography

Vogel, Otto Paul b. June 5, 1890, Berlin, Germany; German American; Jewish; Single; Painter; CP 1934; Received Passport# 385104 on April 6, 1937 which listed his address as 2057 Bissell Street, Chicago, Illinois (202 A Strett, La Porte, Indiana); Arrived in Spain on May 12, 1937; Served on the Cordoba Guadarama Fronts and the Battle of Brunete; Served as a Commissar in the Cultural section of the Albacete Base; Returned to the US on December 3, 1940 aboard the Manhattan; d. December 3, 1940, Marin, California.

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Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Repatriation List (3/30/1938, ll. 146); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1007, ll. 3-4, application for Spanish CP; USSDA 2:1013, 61:0456; L-W Tree Ancestry.