DADES PERSONALS
ESTRUCTURA MILITAR
BATALLES, HOSPITALS, CAMPS, PRESONS I MOVIMENTS DE RESISTÈNCIA
jul. 1936
des. 1936
gen. 1937
- El seu nom real era Charles Kauffman
- Hi ha dubtes respecte a la data de naixement: 10 d'agost de 1911 o de 1915
- Prisoners of the Good Fight dona 1/8/1911 com a data de naixement
- De familia jueva, va quedar orfe molt jove
- Era mariner i membre del Partit Comunista des de 1933
- Vivia a Nova york
- Salpà bord de l'Aquitania l'1 de setembre de 1937, arribà via Setcases el 13 de setembre de 1937
- Serví a la XV Brigada, Batalló Mackenzie-Papineau, companyia 3a.
- Lluità a Terol, Segura de los Baños i a la retirada
- Passà al Batalló Lincoln-Washington,
- Comandant
- Va ser donat per desaparegut durant la retirada però, de fet, va ser capturat a Gandesa
- Va estar presoner a San Pedro de Cardeña
- Va ser intercanviat el 22 d'abril de 1939 i va tornar als Estats Units el 6 de maig de 1939, a bord del President Harding
- Durant la Segona Guerra Mundial va servir a la marina mercant nordamericana
- Va morir el 15 de febrer de 1978 a Nova York
(Kauffman, Charles [real name]); b. August 11, 1915 (August 10, 1911), Rutland, Vermont; POW; Father Jacob Kauffman (1880-1924), mother Catherine “Kate” Tetenbaum/Teitelbaum (1883-1922); After the death of his parents he and his brothers were placed in the Hebrew Orphan Asylum in NYC until 1933; Attended Townsend Harris High School in New York; Single; Common Law wife; Seaman and Ship’s steward (NMU); CP 1933, unit organizer; Received Passport# 85918 on April 5, 1934 which listed his address as 550 West 20th Street, and 104 East 17th Street, both NYC; Sailed September 1, 1937 aboard the Aquitania; Arrived in Spain via Setcases on September 13, 1937; Served with the XV BDE, Mackenzie-Papineau BN, Co. 3, Commissar; Served at Teruel, Segura de los Baños, and the Retreats; Later in Lincoln-Washington BN; Reported MIA Retreats, Captured at Gandesa; While at San Pedro he headed up "the Under Crust;" Exchanged April 22, 1939; Returned to the US on May 6, 1939 aboard the President Harding; WWII Merchant Marine serving on the Murmansk Run; d. February 15, 1978, NYC.
