Edward K. Barsky

Barsky in 1937 Edward K. "Eddie" Barsky (June 6, 1895 – February 11, 1975) was an American surgeon and political activist. Barsky is best remembered as the head of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee, a Communist Party-sponsored organization which raised funds to aid refugees from the regime of Spanish strongman Francisco Franco in the late 1930s during the Spanish Civil War. In the 1950s Barsky became a cause célèbre as a victim of McCarthyism when he was imprisoned for refusing to provide information to the House Un-American Activities Committee. Provided by Wikipedia
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Red Apple : : Communism and McCarthyism in Cold War New York /
Participants: Deery, Phillip, [ VerfasserIn, VerfasserIn ]; Barsky, Edward, [ MitwirkendeR, MitwirkendeR ]; Fast, Howard, [ MitwirkendeR, MitwirkendeR ]; Fast, Howard, [ MitwirkendeR ]; Rogge, O. John, [ MitwirkendeR, MitwirkendeR ]; ...
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