Marcel Izrailevich Rosenberg (1896 — 5 March 1938) was a

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diplomat. Rosenberg was born into the family of a Jewish trader who in 1906 emigrated from Poland with his family to

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and later to

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. Rosenberg was the first Soviet ambassador to Spain, he served during the

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. Recalled to the Soviet Union in 1937, he was soon executed during the

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. He was succeeded in office by Leon Gaikis, who faced a similar fate.

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1896 births 1938 deaths Ambassadors of the Soviet Union to Spain Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Soviet people of the Spanish Civil War Jews from the Russian Empire 20th-century Polish Jews Soviet Jews Diplomats from Warsaw People from Warsaw Governorate Permanent representatives to the League of Nations Soviet people of Polish-Jewish descent Great Purge victims from Poland Executed people from Masovian Voivodeship Jews executed by the Soviet Union Jewish socialists {{Russia-diplomat-stub