Miriam Sigel Friedlander Papers 1937-1939

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Miriam Sigel Friedlander Papers 1937-1939

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The Miriam Sigel Friedlander Papers consist of letters written by three individuals who fought and died in the Spanish Civil War. Ernest Arion, Harold Malofsky (Melofsky) and Miriam's brother, Paul Sigel were acquaintances in New York City before traveling to Spain in 1937. Arion and Malofsky were involved in cultural and political activities with the International Workers Order and Sigel was politically active while studying Engineering at New York University. All three wrote detailed letters to Miriam Sigel (later Friedlander) about their travels to Spain, their social activities and military duties, and their experiences fighting in the battles of the Spanish Civil War.

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Miriam Sigel was born in Pittsburgh in 1914 to David Sigel and Hannah Lipman who were refugees from Ukraine and Russia. She graduated from New York University in 1935 with a bachelor's degree in education and in 1939 married Mark Friedlander. The couple had a son whom they named Paul, in memory of her brother who died in Spain fighting with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. During the Spanish Civil War, Friedlander received letters from her brother Paul, and their mutual friends Ernest Arion, and Har...

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