Biography
Bassin, Sidney b. June 26 (28), 1910, Brooklyn, New York; Divorced; Traveling Salesman; CP April 1937; received passport# 428322 on May 28, 1937 which listed his address as 627 Linden Boulevard, and 170 East 356th (35th) Street, both Brooklyn, New York; Sailed June 2, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain June 22, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Auto Park, Driver; Returned to the US on December 20, 1938 aboard the Ausonia; WWII US Army, enlisted October 1942 discharged September 1945; d. September 18, 1997, NYC.Source: Sail, SACB, Cadre, XB BDE, RA, Ancestry.
Photographs: Sidney Bassin, XV Brigade Auto Park, Chauffeur, December 1937. The 15th International Brigade Photographic Unit Photograph Collection; ALBA Photo 11; ALBA Photo number 11-0654. Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives. Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, New York University Libraries; and below in Spain from Fond 545,Opis 6, Delo 861.
