Kaufman, Rubin.

Biography

Kaufman, Rubin b. February 15, 1917, NYC; Single; Furrier; YCL and CP 1932, section comm.; Received Passport# 356265 on December 7, 1936 which listed his address as 318 Kesciosko Street, Brooklyn, New York (143 Summer Avenue, Brooklyn, New York); Sailed December 26, 1936 aboard the Normandie; Arrived in Spain on January 6, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN; WIA February 23, 1937 at Jarama; Mackenzie-Papineau BN, MG Co., Adjutant Commander; Served at Fuentes de Ebro; WIA on October 13, 1937; Returned to the US on February 16, 1938 aboard the Lafayette; Married Lottie T. Evendorf (1915-?) on September 23, 1938, NYC; WWII US Army, enlisted March 30, 1943, discharged February 16, 1944, medical discharge for Bronchial Asthma; d. February 4, 1972, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, in a car accident.
Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Repatriation List (1/29/1938, ll. 99); RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 555, ll. 36 (fiche); L-W Tree Ancestry.  Code A
Photograph: Photograph courtesy Rubin Kaufman.