Marcel Rosenberg Explained

Marcel Rosenberg
Birth Place:Warsaw, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Death Place:Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality:Soviet
Occupation:Diplomat
Soviet ambassador to Spain
Term:1936–1937
Predecessor:-
Successor:Leon Gaikis
Party:Communist Party of the Soviet Union

Marcel Izrailevich Rosenberg (1896 — 5 March 1938) was a Soviet diplomat.

Rosenberg was born into the family of a Jewish trader who in 1906 emigrated from Poland with his family to Königsberg in Prussia and later to Berlin. Rosenberg was the first Soviet ambassador to Spain, he served during the Spanish Civil War. Recalled to the Soviet Union in 1937, he was soon executed during the Great Purge.[1] [2] He was succeeded in office by Leon Gaikis, who faced a similar fate.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Biografia de Marcel Rosenberg. 30 December 2014. biografiasyvidas.com.
  2. Web site: Soviet Diplomacy and the Spanish Civil War. gutenberg-e.org . Daniel Kowalsky . 30 December 2014.