Businessman, socialist.
Born in Romania in 1886, he came to Manitoba and was one of Winnipeg’s most popular socialists. In 1918, he told a meeting at the Columbia Theatre that “we are going to run this city.” His business establishment, the Minneapolis Dye House (a cleaning shop), was wrecked by rampaging veterans in January 1919. He was arrested in June 1919, and he left for the United States rather than be deported to Europe. He subsequently worked as a labour organizer in Duluth and Minneapolis, Minnesota. He died in 1944 and was buried in Hollywood Forever in Hollywood, California.
“Board orders deportation of Blumenberg,” Winnipeg Tribune, 13 August 1919, page 2.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, 1999.
Samuel Blumenberg, FindAGrave.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and Darryl Toews.
Page revised: 10 June 2024
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