Paul Wendorf (1912?-1938), a graduate of Columbia University, joined the Communist Party in 1933 and worked as an activist and labor organizer in New York City. He served with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain from February 1937 until his death in action in August 1938. Wendorf fought in the battle at the Jarama front from March to June 1937, and in the Brunete offensive from July until August 1937. He was appointed in September 1937 to the Historical Commission in Albacete and, under the supervision of Sandor Voros, participated in writing the history of the 15th International Brigade and the American battalions. He also contributed articles to the Brigade's newspaper the Volunteer for Liberty. In January of 1938 he was charged, along with Carl Geiser, with organizing a school for political commissars. A bout of rheumatism and subsequent hospitalization prevented him from carrying out this assignment, and by March, he was returned to active service. On August 18, 1938, Wendorf was killed during an aerial attack in the Sierra Pandols. In 1939 Charles Nusser, a fellow Lincoln Brigade veteran and Wendorf's friend, married Leona Grossman Wendorf, Wendorfs widow.
From the description of Paul Wendorf papers, 1937-1938. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 476227689
