Biography

Weiss, David b. April 17, 1914, NYC; Jewish; father Isidore Weiss, mother Mollie Seigal; Single; Shipping clerk; CP 1934 (1935); Received Passport# 365429 on February 4, 1937 which listed his address as 3021 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn, New York; Sailed February 20, 1937 aboard the Ile de France; Arrived in Spain on March 17, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln and Lincoln-Washington BN; Later Auto Park, Mechanic; Served at Jarama and Brunete; WIA at Brunete; Returned to the US on February 16, 1938 aboard the Lafayette; Wife Gertrude Krebs Weiss; d. April 24, 1996, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; Lincoln; Repatriation List (1/31/1938, ll. 100); RGASPI; L-W Tree Ancestry; Find-a-Grave #54735771. Code A

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Photographs: David Weiss just before Brunete, 1937; ALBA/VALB.

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