Papers, 1937-1945 (bulk 1937-1939).

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Papers, 1937-1945 (bulk 1937-1939).

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Consists of letters and postcards from Kaufman to his parents and others, as well as letters to Kaufman in Spain; military orders (the bulk of which are in Spanish); newspaper articles; propaganda of the International Brigades and the Partit Socialista Unificat (P.S.U.), including a pop-up card; a fascist propaganda leaflet; and other items. Of particular note is a journal Kaufman kept during the period when he was searching for a way out of Spain. Kaufman's scrapbook, located at the end of the collection, contains items from the Spanish Civil War, including letters, postcards, newspaper articles, stamps, tickets, and other mementos. Material from World War II includes a V-Mail with a cartoon by Spanish Civil War veteran Vincent Lossowski and clippings about Lossowski and other International Brigades veterans in World War II.

0.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Churchill County Museum

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Lossowski, Vincent, 1914-1984.

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Vincent Lossowski (1914-1984) was born and raised in Rochester, New York, into a Polish working class family. As a young man, he served in an artillery unit with the United States Army's Coast and Harbor Defenses in Panama. He returned to Rochester, worked as a machinist, and, in 1936, became active in the Young Communist League. A newsreel graphically depicting the fascist bombing of Madrid incited Lossowski to join the International Brigades to defend of the Spanish Republic. He s...

Kaufman, Sidney, 1914-

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Sidney Kaufman was born in 1914. He was a merchant seaman working out of New York when he decided to volunteer for the International Brigades in Spain. Arriving in Spain in July 1937, Kaufman served as a runner with the British battalion, spent several months in the 35th artillery battery, and was commissar of an anti-tank battery attached to the Slavic battalion on the Aragon Front. In January 1939, when most International Brigaders were making their way out of the country, Kaufman was trapped ...

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