Biography
Helmich, Rudolf (Horno; Horns, Ralph); German; Seaman; To the US aboard the Hamburg in April 1937; Arrived in Spain on August 7, 1938; Served with the XV BDE, Lincoln-Washington Battalion; Returned to the US April 15, 1939 aboard the Washington; Not a US Citizen and was deported on the Santa Lucia along with John Stuivenberg (John Miller, Dutch) on June 3, 1939.Sources: RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 36, ll. 176; Opis 6, Delo 908, ll. 57-58.