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==Early career==

==Early career==

In the 1930's Krafsur joined the [[Communist Party of America]]. He attended Northeastern University for a year.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref> He lived at 68 Phillips Street in Boston before going to [[Spain]] to fight with the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]<ref>[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:RQEKkR4YxdoJ:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf+Krafsur+Boston+%2268+Phillips%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us Jews Who Served in the Spanish Civil War, by Martin Sugarman]</ref>, where he was wounded in 1937.

In 1934, Krafsur joined the [[Communist Party of America]].<ref>The Venona Secrets: Exposing America's Cold War Traitors, Herbert Romerstein, Eric Breindel, page 430</ref> He attended Northeastern University for a year.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref> He lived at 68 Phillips Street in Boston before going to [[Spain]] to fight with the [[Abraham Lincoln Brigade]] during the [[Spanish Civil War]]<ref>[http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:RQEKkR4YxdoJ:www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/spanjews.pdf+Krafsur+Boston+%2268+Phillips%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us Jews Who Served in the Spanish Civil War, by Martin Sugarman]</ref>, where he was wounded in 1937.

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sories to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref>.

In 1938 Krafsur was a member of the editorial staff of ''The Volunteers for Liberty'' a newspaper which was an, "organ of the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade" organization out of 125 West 45 Street in New York City.<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref> In April of 1938 he was in charge of finding veterans to tell their war sories to be made into radio plays written by [[Irwin Shaw]].<ref>The Volunteer For Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, April, 1938</ref>.

In May 1944, he was described in a KGB cable from New York to Moscow as, "absolutely devoted to the [[USSR]]." He provided at least twenty leads of people for possible recruitment including [[Josef Berger|Joseph Berger]], a personal aide to the chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], and [[I. F. Stone]].<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

In May 1944, he was described in a KGB cable from New York to Moscow as, "absolutely devoted to the [[USSR]]." He provided at least twenty leads of people for possible recruitment including [[Josef Berger|Joseph Berger]], a personal aide to the chairman of the [[Democratic National Committee]], and [[I. F. Stone]].<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

In 1949, he left TASS and was later called before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] where he chose not to cooperate. Later he worked in a toy store.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>

In 1949, he left TASS and was later called before the [[House Committee on Un-American Activities]] where he chose not to cooperate. Later he worked in a toy store.<ref>''Venona: Decoding Espionage in America'', John Earl Haynes and Harvey Klehr, Yale University Press, (1999), pgs. 242–244, 248.</ref>