Biography

Kaye, Conrad b. March 19, 1908, Russia, Naturalized citizen 1932 in the Superior Court of New York; Russian American; Married; Food worker and Meat Cutter; CP 1930; Received Passport# 375003 on March 15, 1937 which listed his address as 305 West 19th Street, NYC; Alternate Domicile 323 First Avenue, NYC; 31 years old; Sailed April 28, 1937 aboard the Normandie; Arrived in Spain on May 30, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Washington BN, Estado Mayor as Intendencia (QM); Lincoln-Washington BN, Intendencia; Later appointed Base Intendencia (QM); Rank Alfarez or Teniente; Returned to the US on April 14, 1938 aboard the Ile de France; WWII US Army, SGT; Won the Bronze and Silver Star; d. June 1980, Mexico City, Mexico.

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Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Washington; Repatriation List (3/23/1938, ll. 139); RGASPI.  Code A1

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Photographs: ; Conrad Kay (mislabeled George Kaye), November 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0656. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries; Conrad Kaye. Photograph from Daily Worker April 23, 1938, p. 3.

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