Alternate name(s):
Himelfarb; Hammerlfarb
Date of birth:
Sunday, 7 November 1909
Marital status:
Single
Ethnicity/Nationality:
Jewish
Profession:
pharmacist
Hometown(s):
Toronto, Ontario; United States
Education:
College of Pharmacy, University of Toronto from 1931-1933
Political affiliation:
Young Communist League, 1924-29; Communist Party of Canada, 1937; But in a CBC interview he says he was never part of the Communist Party
Approximate date arrived in Spain:
1937-09-07
Unit:
Medical Unit, Sergeant; Travelled with ambulance unit from New York but worked with the International Brigades Sanidad as pharmacist in hospitals; Worked in Valdeganga, Huete, Murcia, Olot infirmary, Santa Coloma; Last as a Pharmacist in Clinic 4, in the S'Agaro Hospital Medical Unit, Teniente
Final status:
Survived; Returned to Canada 1939; Mackenzie Papineau Veterans Association (Toronto); Died 1985
Sources:
Figueres List; RGASPI Fond 545, Opis 6, Delo 552, ll. 17-36; Petrou; Hoff
