Guide to the Papers of Jacob (Jack) Shafran, 1937-1938

Shafran, Jack.

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Jacob Joseph (Jack) Shafran (1917- ) fought with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in Spain. A Communist and organizer for the Department Store Employees Union, Local 1250. he volunteered for the International Brigades with ten other members of Local 1250, including Harry Fisher, Gerald (Jerry) Cook, and Norman Berkowitz. On his arrival he trained as a new recruit with the MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion before transferring to the Abraham Lincoln Battalion. He served in Spain from July 1937 until October...

Goldstein, Ruth M.

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Cook, Jerry (Gerald)

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Chocheles, Irving.

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Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Brigada Internacional, XV.

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Friedman, Anne, 1929-

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Department Store Employees' Union. Local 1250 (New York, N.Y.)

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Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Abraham Lincoln Battalion.

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Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion.

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...

Department Store Employees Union. Local 1250.

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Cook, Gerald

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Shafran, Jacob (Jack)

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Jacob Joseph (Jack) Shafran was born on December 25, 1917. His stepfather Philip was a carpenter and his mother Mary was a worker in the garment industry and an active union member. During Shafran's early childhood the family moved from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to Union County, New Jersey, before settling on the Lower East Side of New York City. The young Shafran receive his earliest political education walking picket lines with his mother, and through his Aunt Eva, an Eastern Europe...

Spain. Ejercito Popular de la Republica. MacKenzie-Papineau Battalion.

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Fisher, Harry, 1911-....

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Harry Fisher (1911-2003) was born in New York City, and spent part of his childhood in the Hebrew National Orphan Home. A communist and union activist, he served with the International Brigades in Spain from March 1937 until September 1938. He participated in most of the major campaigns of the war, including the battle at the Jarama front from April to June 1937; the offensive at Brunete from July to August 1937; the taking of Belchite in September 1937; and later the Teruel offensive in the win...

Spain. Ejército Popular de la República. Brigada Internacional, XV.

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Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade

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VALB was formed in December 1937 by U.S. volunteers returning from combat in the Spanish Civil War. VALB originally assisted wounded veterans and sought to awaken the U.S. public to the significance of the Spanish Civil War and the Loyalist cause. In later years, VALB began to address other political issues, including U.S. policy in World War II and later, Cuba, Nicaragua and Vietnam. In addition to their headquarters in New York City, VALB "Posts" developed in various cities including Los Angel...

Berkowitz, Norman

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Chocheles, Irving

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