Daniel Zaret
Encyclopedia
During World War II
Daniel Abraham Zaret was an American
citizen who supplied information about shells, bombs, and torpedoes to Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU
) while working as a safety inspector for the U.S. Army's Explosives Division. Zaret had previously served as aide-de-camp to the commander of the International Brigades
' Fifteenth Division in the Spanish Civil War
and returned to the United States
in November 1938.
Up to August 1943, Zaret was employed by various explosives factories, including a job as assistant director at a factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1943. He later took a position as production safety inspector in the Explosives Division of the War Department
in Chicago.
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
Daniel Abraham Zaret was an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
citizen who supplied information about shells, bombs, and torpedoes to Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU
GRU
GRU or Glavnoye Razvedyvatel'noye Upravleniye is the foreign military intelligence directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation...
) while working as a safety inspector for the U.S. Army's Explosives Division. Zaret had previously served as aide-de-camp to the commander of the International Brigades
International Brigades
The International Brigades were military units made up of volunteers from different countries, who traveled to Spain to defend the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939....
' Fifteenth Division in the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
and returned to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
in November 1938.
Up to August 1943, Zaret was employed by various explosives factories, including a job as assistant director at a factory in Williamsport, Pennsylvania in 1943. He later took a position as production safety inspector in the Explosives Division of the War Department
United States Department of War
The United States Department of War, also called the War Department , was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army...
in Chicago.
Venona
Zaret is referenced in the following Venona project decrypt:- Venona 1325 GRU New York to Moscow, 11 August 1943