Weinerman, Alexander.

Biography

Weinerman, Alexander (Wienerman); b. December 14, 1913, NYC; Jewish; College graduate; Prior military service in the US Army Reserve, 1930-31, 2 years 2 months, Rank SGT; Single; Shipping clerk; CP July 1936; Received Passport# 563660 on June 15, 1938 which listed his address as 1201 Avenue K, Brooklyn, New York; Sailed aboard the Manhattan with Irving Frankel likely on the July 18, 1938 sailing; Arrived in Spain on July 25, 1938, in Albacete July 30, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington BN; Returned to the US on December 31, 1938 aboard the President Harding; d. September 22, 2003, Chicago, Illinois.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; RGASPI; Good Fight C. Code A
Photographs: Alex Weinerman in Spain, RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1010; and wounded in Spain, being greeted on his arrival in New York. Photograph clipping from Newport News, VA Times-Herald, January 3, 1939