Braina Rudina

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  • 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

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