Fagan, Hymie: An Autobiography DOB: 1903 DOD: Unknown Born in Stepney London. Parents were Jews who had emigrated from Russia. His father died in his thirties, making his mother a widow in her twenties with three children. Lived in the Bethnal Green area. Description of the proverty and the struggles of his childhood. Tailoring, Trade Unionist Worker for the Communist Party Judaism Interest in the 1381 Peasants revolt Early death of father Becoming a tailor Trip to Berlin Typed, 168 pages Communism, marxist, tailor, Jew, Trade Union, Poverty, Bethnal Green, revolution Born Stepney, 1903. Romford; Southend. Part 1: Jewish childhood in Spitalfields including poverty and oppression and the Sydney Street siege. Part 2: life as tailor and trade unionist. Part 3: life as full-time worker for the Communist Party. c. 68,000 words. Post 1903