# Edward K. Barsky

> Edward K. "Eddie" Barsky 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.

*American surgeon and political activist (1895-1975)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1895-06-06
- **Died:** 1975-02-11
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Edward K. "Eddie" Barsky 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.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 39.0
- **Momentum:** 14.3

## Sources
- [Edward K. Barsky](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_K._Barsky)
- [Edward Barsky](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Barsky)
- [إدوارد بارسكي](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A)
- [Edward K. Barsky](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_K._Barsky)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18148360)

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