Gruskin, Harold.

Biography

Gruskin, Harold b. April 24, 1915, Rochester, New York; Jewish; Single; Photographer; Received Passport# 6981, New York series, on February 5, 1937 which listed his address as 138 Bennett Street, Youngstown, Ohio and 329 Oakwood Avenue, Syracuse, New York; Sailed February 6, 1937 aboard the Paris; Arrived in Spain on February 2, 1937; Returned to the US on February 16, 1938 aboard the Lafayette; WWII US Army, enlisted February 1, 1944, discharged November 16, 1944; d. April 27, 1981, Florida, buried in Chapel Hill Memorial Park, Largo, Pinellas County, Florida.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Repatriation List (1/31/1938, ll. 100); RGASPI; USSDA 2:0609, 55:0175; L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave #89132013. Code A
Photograph: Robert Colodny, Harold Gruskin, Sandford Land. Newspaper clipping.