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SurnameVald
NameGrigory
PatronymBorisovich
Birth year1938
Birth month3
Birth day18
birth_placeKharkiv, Ukraine

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Gintsburg Alexander (1909-1937)

people
surnameGintsburg
nameAlexander
birth_year1909
birth_month8
birth_day17
birth_place*Riga
death_year1937

Gintsburg (Ginzburg) Alexander (Isai) (b. 17 August 1909, Riga – d. 17 April 1937, Morella, Spain) – participant in the revolutionary movement in Latvia, political prisoner, and soldier in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War.

Alexander Gintsburg was arrested eight times. After his release, he emigrated to Czechoslovakia. From 1936, he was active in Spain. He held the rank of lieutenant and served as a commissar in the “Masaryk” International Brigade. He was killed on the Aragon Front near the town of Morella.

His wife, F. Ginzburg, also served as a fighter in the International Brigades in Spain.