# Henry Alsberg — The Bolshevik Myth character guide

> Henry Alsberg in The Bolshevik Myth by Alexander Berkman.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Alsberg

**First appearance:** 0004-iii-in-petrograd

## Who they are

American journalist and relief worker.

## In the story

### [En Route to the Ukraine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxi-en-route-to-the-ukraine)

American correspondent accompanying the expedition with Zinoviev's permission.

### [XXVII: Further South](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxvii-further-south)

American correspondent traveling with the Expedition; loses his purse containing foreign money in Znamenka.

### [XXXII: Odessa: Life and Vision](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxii-odessa-life-and-vision)

Arrested by the Cheka in Zhmerinka on August 30, 1920, for traveling to Ukraine without official knowledge; the narrator sends wires to Lenin, Zinoviev, and Balabanova for his release.

### [XXXV: Returning to Petrograd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_bolshevik_myth_se/chapters/xxxv-returning-to-petrograd)

Safely in Riga after being permitted to leave Russia following forced return from the south.

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