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Justice, justice, shall ye seek: Jewish warriors in Spain, 1936-1939

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Date Issued:
1998
Summary:
In 1936, approximately three thousand Americans volunteered to aid Spain fight the Fascist rebellion of Fransisco Franco, and his German and Italian allies. About thirty percent of the volunteers were Jewish--a ratio so large as to be statistically improbable. Why were so many Jews impelled to go to Spain to fight for the Spanish Republic? Many were Communists, Socialists, unionists, and assorted antifascists, determined to stop the fascist threat in Europe. It was also seen as a chance to fight Hitler with bullets, not only words. The religion, culture and tradition of the Jews requires each person to seek justice and equality, not only for himself, but for all people. The Jewish volunteers were not only fighting the fascist antisemite--they were fighting to make the world a better place for all people.
Title: Justice, justice, shall ye seek: Jewish warriors in Spain, 1936-1939.
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Name(s): Shafer, Leslie.
Florida Atlantic University, Degree grantor
O'Sullivan, John, Thesis advisor
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation
Issuance: monographic
Date Issued: 1998
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University
Place of Publication: Boca Raton, Fla.
Physical Form: application/pdf
Extent: 131 p.
Language(s): English
Summary: In 1936, approximately three thousand Americans volunteered to aid Spain fight the Fascist rebellion of Fransisco Franco, and his German and Italian allies. About thirty percent of the volunteers were Jewish--a ratio so large as to be statistically improbable. Why were so many Jews impelled to go to Spain to fight for the Spanish Republic? Many were Communists, Socialists, unionists, and assorted antifascists, determined to stop the fascist threat in Europe. It was also seen as a chance to fight Hitler with bullets, not only words. The religion, culture and tradition of the Jews requires each person to seek justice and equality, not only for himself, but for all people. The Jewish volunteers were not only fighting the fascist antisemite--they were fighting to make the world a better place for all people.
Identifier: 9780591765656 (isbn), 15533 (digitool), FADT15533 (IID), fau:12294 (fedora)
Collection: FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
Note(s): Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters
Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1998.
Subject(s): Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, Jewish
Jewish soldiers--Spain
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