Biography
k-Schechter, Rubin. b. July 5, 1905, Lipkin, Bessarabia, Moldova; Graduated from Syracuse University in 1927, English Major, member Omicron Alpha Tau fraternity; Married Rose Leiber (1905-1937) on September 11, 1927 in NYC, daughter Taube Schecter Rothman (1932-2020); Salesman (Fur Trade); CP 1933, Section Organizer and Education Director; Received Passport# 365553 on February 4, 1937 which listed his address as 34-32 91st Street, Jackson Heights, Long Island, NY; Sailed March 10, 1937 aboard the Washington; Arrived in Spain on April 2, 1937; Served with the XV Brigade, Washington BN, Estado Mayor, Clerk and BN Party Secretary; WIA Brunete July 24, 1937 while bringing ammunition up to the front lines; d. August 24 (28, 30), 1937 in a hospital in Murcia from wounds and was buried in Murcia.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Americans; Washington; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 981, ll. 24; USSDA 2:0900, 59:0841; “Four Letters from Spain” by Rubin Schechter, The New Masses, October 5, 1937, pp. 16-17; Richard Rothman, Finding Ruby, The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family’s Fervent Idealism, Whitefox Publishing and Richard Rothman, 2024.
Photograph: Rubin Schechter in Spain. Rubin Schecter with his daughter; and two handbills; Photograph Courtesy Richard Rothman.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Americans; Washington; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 981, ll. 24; USSDA 2:0900, 59:0841; “Four Letters from Spain” by Rubin Schechter, The New Masses, October 5, 1937, pp. 16-17; Richard Rothman, Finding Ruby, The Bright and Dark Sides of a Family’s Fervent Idealism, Whitefox Publishing and Richard Rothman, 2024.
Photograph: Rubin Schechter in Spain. Rubin Schecter with his daughter; and two handbills; Photograph Courtesy Richard Rothman.