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| − | Ehrenberg was in the Communist Party<ref>[http://www.alba-valb.org/volunteers/myron-ehrenberg Myron Ehrenberg Page at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives]</ref> and a member of the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] and fought in [[Spain]] in the 1930s.<ref>[http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:RQEKkR4YxdoJ:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf+Myron+Ehrenberg&cd=65&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Against Fascism - Jews who served in | + | Ehrenberg was in the Communist Party<ref>[http://www.alba-valb.org/volunteers/myron-ehrenberg Myron Ehrenberg Page at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives]</ref> and a member of the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] and fought in [[Spain]] in the 1930s.<ref>[http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:RQEKkR4YxdoJ:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf+Myron+Ehrenberg&cd=65&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us Against Fascism - Jews who served in The International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, Martin Sugarman, BA (Hons.), Cert. Ed. (Archivist of AJEX JewishMilitary Museum), page 45.]</ref><ref>Myron Ehrenberg Page at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives</ref> He married Ann Scoville, the sister of Soviet agent and TASS reporter, Samuel Krafsur's wife Dixie Elizabeth Scoville. |
Ehrenberg's photographs were used in several books written by Dorothy Sterling a close friend and fellow Communist. These books were, ''Wall Street: The Story of the Stock Exchange'', ''Trees and Their Story'', ''Billy Goes Exploring'', ''The Story of Mosses, Ferns and Mushrooms'', and ''Tender Warriors''. | Ehrenberg's photographs were used in several books written by Dorothy Sterling a close friend and fellow Communist. These books were, ''Wall Street: The Story of the Stock Exchange'', ''Trees and Their Story'', ''Billy Goes Exploring'', ''The Story of Mosses, Ferns and Mushrooms'', and ''Tender Warriors''. | ||
| − | He died in Massachusetts in September of 1977.<ref>U. S. Social Security Death Index</ref> | + | He died in Massachusetts in September of 1977.<ref>U. S. Social Security Death Index</ref> His widow Ann died at the Cape Code Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts on March 9, 2004 at the age of 87. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 19:44, June 24, 2009
Myron Ehrenberg aka Mike Ehrenberg[1] (July 25, 1907 - September 1977)[2][3] was an American photographer and brother-in-law of the Soviet spy Samuel Krafsur.
Biography
Ehrenberg was in the Communist Party[4] and a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and fought in Spain in the 1930s.[5][6] He married Ann Scoville, the sister of Soviet agent and TASS reporter, Samuel Krafsur's wife Dixie Elizabeth Scoville.
Ehrenberg's photographs were used in several books written by Dorothy Sterling a close friend and fellow Communist. These books were, Wall Street: The Story of the Stock Exchange, Trees and Their Story, Billy Goes Exploring, The Story of Mosses, Ferns and Mushrooms, and Tender Warriors.
He died in Massachusetts in September of 1977.[7] His widow Ann died at the Cape Code Hospital in Hyannis, Massachusetts on March 9, 2004 at the age of 87.
References
- ↑ Fredericka Martin Papers
- ↑ U. S. Social Security Death Index
- ↑ Boston University Archives
- ↑ Myron Ehrenberg Page at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
- ↑ Against Fascism - Jews who served in The International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War, Martin Sugarman, BA (Hons.), Cert. Ed. (Archivist of AJEX JewishMilitary Museum), page 45.
- ↑ Myron Ehrenberg Page at the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
- ↑ U. S. Social Security Death Index