Marion, George, 1905-

George Marion was a journalist, author, and activist born in St. Louis, Missouri in 1905. After mving to New York City, he married Celia Greenspan and joined the Communist Party. In 1936, Marion went to Spain to cover the Spanish Civil War for the "Daily Worker" and the "New Masses." Greenspan went to Spain shortly after Marion to volunteer as a medical worker. At first she worked to organize a lab in Madrid for Dr. Norman Bethune, the Canadian surgeon who created the Canadian Blood Transfusion Service; then in February, 1937 she went to Murcia, just in time for the bloody Battle of Jarama, where she served as a nurse. Marion filed reports from Madrid, Valencia, and Murcia. Greenspan joined him in Madrid in July, 1937, and they returned together to the United States in November, 1937. Marion then worked as a journalist and freelance writer, writing primarily on the Spanish Civil War, the Soviet Union, the Cold War, and censorship issues in the mainstream American press, sometimes publishing under the name James Hawthorne. He died of a heart attack in 1955.

From the description of George Marion papers, 1936-1937. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476085992

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