Leonards Crome

Len Crome / BJPsych Bulletin

• Aka names: Len Crome
• Roots: Jewish
• Birth: Daugavpils, April 14, 1909.
• Studies: Medicine in UK.
• Units: XIth and XVth IB (Medical Services)
• Ranks: 35th Division’s chief medical officer
• Political affiliation: Communist Party of Great Britain (joined in 1938)
• WW II: Colonel of the British Army
• Death: Staffordshire. May 6th, 2001

Braina Rudina

• Date and city of birth: 24th June, 1902. Riga.
• Profession: Doctor
• Residence places: Riga, Berlin, Moscow, Belgrade
• Spoken languages:  Latvian, Russian, Serbian, German, French and Spanish
• Political affiliation: KPD (German Communist Party)
• Profesional work: Doctor in Moscow- she was awarded a Stakhanovite medal
• Police records: Arrested and imprisoned 8 months for have organized the                          recruitment and transportation of brigadistas in Yugoslavia, 1937.
• Arrival in Spain: February 10, 1938
• Military unit: XIIIth International Brigade– 51st Battalion
• Rank: Lieutenant promoted to Captain – Head doctor of S’Agaró IB Hospital
• Departure: Fled into Soviet Union (Moscow)
• WW2: Red Army – Sanitary Service. Head of the Evaco Hospital (Pryluky, Ukraine)
• Postwar: Moved back in Riga in 1945, where he worked as doctor
• Death: Died in Riga. November 9th, 1973. Buried in the New Jewish Cemetery of Riga