Biography

Krumbeck, Frederick (Fritz); b. 1914 or December 1913, Emden Germany; German American; Single; 26 years old; Seaman (NMU); Sailed January 16, 1937 aboard the Paris; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln BN; Served at Jarama and Brunete; Wounded in action at Brunete; Repatriated medical; Returned to the US as a stowaway on September 12, 1938 aboard the Normandie; Deported on September 22, 1938 aboard the Ile de France.

Source: Lincoln; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 849, ll 23, List of American Comrades that have been Repatriated as per October 15 1937; L-W Tree Ancestry.

Photograph: Detail from a group photograph of the Lincoln BN, Paul Burns Collection, ALBA.