Steve Nelson

Male, Deceased Person

1903 – 1993

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Who was Steve Nelson?

Stjepan Mesaros, best known as Steve Nelson was a Croatian-born American political activist. Nelson achieved public notoriety as the political commissar of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War and a leading functionary of the Communist Party, USA. Nelson is best remembered for having been prosecuted and convicted under the Smith Act in 1953.

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Born
Jan 1, 1903
Ethnicity
  • Croatian American
Nationality
  • United States of America
Education
  • New York Workers School
Died
Dec 1, 1993

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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