Alternate name(s):
Grassel
Date of birth:
Tuesday, 16 May 1905
Ethnicity/Nationality:
German
Hometown(s):
Montreal, Quebec; Ambruck, Germany
Date of immigration to Canada:
Thursday, 12 August 1926
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada; Expelled from the Communist Party in Spain
Unit:
Mackenzie Papineau Battalion; 15th Brigade Guards
Final status:
Hospitalized; Expelled from Communist Party of Canada for beating prisoners and criticizing party; Survived; Returned to Canada 3 February 1939 on the Duchess of Richmond
Disciplinary record in Spain:
Did not desert, but was expelled from the Communist Party of Canada in Spain.
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 550, ll. 17-18; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
