Alternate name(s):
Goldberg; Budich; Budish; Isadore; Joe; Jose
Nickname:
Issie; Izzie
Date of Birth:
13 Oct 1909 or 15 Apr 1906
Marital status:
single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish; Ukrainian
Profession:
furrier
Hometown(s):
Winnipeg, Manitoba; Toronto, Ontario; Pavolitch, Ukraine
Date of Immigration to Canada:
1920
Education:
Hebrew school in the Ukraine; public school in Winnipeg, 2 months
Political affiliation:
Communist Party of Canada district 3, section 3, unit 35, section organizer, 1931; Communist Party of Spain
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-03-25
Unit:
Trained with the 2nd Battalion of Instruction; 15th Brigade, Dimitrov Battalion, Company 1 at the Jarama Front; Service Sanitaire, Jarama Sector as Secretary of Administration from 15 November 1937 at Villa Paz and Castellego; Responsible for 90 Mariano Cubi, Barcelona from 15 April 1938 until August 1938; Rank of Soldato
Final status:
WIA 15 May 1937 while on outpost duty; Survived; Returned to Canada on the Duchess of Richmond on 3 February 1939
Other:
A quote from Izzie Goldenberg appears in the pamphlet They Defend World Democracy; Hoff notes that Goldenberg was living in Toronto, Ontario as late as 1999.
Sources:
RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 549, ll. 89-99; Momryk; Petrou, Ancestry; Hoff
