Biography

Kranes, Louis Nathan (Lasso, Luigi); b. June 24 (29), 1915, NYC; Single; Unemployed; YCL June 1934, unit agit. Prop.; Received Passport# 6972, New York series, on February 4, 1937 which listed his address as 1561 Sheridan Avenue, NYC; Sailed March 10, 1937 aboard the Queen Mary; Arrived in Spain on March 23, 1937; Served with the Albacete, Post Office; Returned to the US on January 20, 1939 aboard the Aquitania; During the McCarthy period he moved to Mexico; d. July 1970.

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Source: Sail; Scope of Soviet Activity; Cadre; RGASPI; VALB Memorial Tribute, December 6, 1970; Ancestry.  Code A