Partner Jack D. Bloch
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311 W 174th St, New York, NY 10033
17 Wendover Rd, Eastchester, NY 10709
440 Chestnut Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802
International Book Shop, 1406 Obispo Ave, Long Beach, CA 90804
Max Gundersheimer, Jr., was born in New York City on December 19, 1910, to Max and Alice Gundersheimer. Little is known
of his early life. He served as the President of Beth Sholom Peoples Temple Young Folks League from 1929-1930. In the
early-to-mid 1930s he met Jack D. Bloch, a fellow New Yorker. Bloch was born June 4, 1912, and held a series of jobs in a
variety of occupations until 1942. He served with the U.S. Army in Europe from March 1942 to October 1945. During the
late 1940s and early 1950s, Gundersheimer, who went by the name Max Gundy as early as 1944, became involved in the
Communist party and other progressive causes; he became more actively involved after his retirement to Long Beach,
California, in 1977. In 1950, Bloch purchased a home in Eastchester, Westchester County, New York, in which the two lived.
In 1953, Bloch joined Gundy's printing business as an assistant production person in direct mail advertising. The business
was dissolved in 1970, and both men obtained other related positions. In 1977, they retired and relocated to Long Beach,
California, where they purchased a condominium. Bloch volunteered helping other senior citizens while Gundy took a more
active role in Communist, socialist, peace, and other progressive community organizations. He volunteered at the
International Book Shop in Long Beach, of which he became the manager in the early 1980s. He also ran as the Peace and
Freedom Party candidate for the 57th district of the California Assembly between 1980 and 1988. Gundy and Bloch both
died in 1996, within three months of each other, after more than 60 years together.
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