Biography
k-Seelmann, Theodores. b. July 1, 1902, Chicago, Illinois; German American; Father Sigrfrido Seelmann (Germany); Writer and Journalist; Received Received Passport# 2054, Naples series on January 25, 1935 which listed his address as 322 West 34th Street, NYC; Sailed February 20 (?), 1938 aboard the President Harding; Arrived in Spain via Massaet on March 3, 1938; Served with the XV Brigade, Lincoln-Washington Battalion; KIA April 1, 1938, Gandesa, Batea sector during the Retreats.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Battalion 58 Retreats; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 985, ll. 2 (ver ar gen amer); USSDA 2:0912, 60:0019. Code A
Photographs: Theodore Seelmann, Passport Photograph, 1935, and Seaman’s Certificate of Identity 1925.
Sources: Scope of Soviet Activity; Battalion 58 Retreats; Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 985, ll. 2 (ver ar gen amer); USSDA 2:0912, 60:0019. Code A
Photographs: Theodore Seelmann, Passport Photograph, 1935, and Seaman’s Certificate of Identity 1925.