Biography
Yanowsky, Harry (Israil; Jannis, Harry Yanowsky); b. November 6, 1911, NYC; Single; Truck Driver and Salesman; CP 1936; Received Passport# 25668, San Francisco series, on March 17, 1937 which listed his address as 2825 Malabur Street, Los Angeles, California and 187 Matton (Mountain) Avenue, Caldwell, New Jersey; Sailed March 31, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain on April 28, 1937; Served with the International Brigade post office; Returned to the US on December 15, 1938 aboard the Paris; d. January 28, 1997, North Hollywood, California; Spoke Spanish and a little German.Photograph: Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 15; Series I Photographs 1930s-1990s, Box 3, Folder 90. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries.
Sources: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; RGASPI RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 1017, ll. 3-5. Code A