Biography
k-Semenoff, Demeter. (Dimitri); b. September 29, 1911, Poland; Yugoslavian; 2 years High School; Single; Truck Driver; No political affiliation; Received Passport# 489772 on June 10, 1937 which listed his address as 2603 West Seltzer Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sailed June 19, 1937 aboard the Berengaria; Arrived in Spain via Setcases on July 5, 1937; Served with the XV Brigade, Lincoln-Washington Battalion, Co. 1; KIA October 13, 1937, Fuentes de Ebro.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Mac-Pap; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 985, ll.10 fiche dod; South Slav; “Penna Soldiers Are Enroute From Spain.” Standard-Sentinel (Hazleton, PA), December 8, 1938, p. 4.
Photograph: Dimitri Semenoff, Lincoln-Washington, (Yugoslav), September 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0610. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Figueres List; Mac-Pap; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 985, ll.10 fiche dod; South Slav; “Penna Soldiers Are Enroute From Spain.” Standard-Sentinel (Hazleton, PA), December 8, 1938, p. 4.
Photograph: Dimitri Semenoff, Lincoln-Washington, (Yugoslav), September 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection ; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0610. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.