New York's Volunteers

Site Directory

Resources on the site

Context
A brief synopsis of the war and recommended further reading.
Biographies
Student-researched biographies of volunteers in the Brigade.
Documents
A searchable collection of about 400,000 documents from the COMINTERN archives about the war.
Sources
Non-exhaustive list of external sources in biographies.
Map
A visual tool for viewing connections between volunteers, events, organizations, origins, etc.
Contact
Want to report an error, provide new information, or generally reach out? Feel free to contact us!
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About Us

During the Spanish Civil War (1936-39), almost forty thousand men and women from fifty-two countries, including 2,800 Americans, volunteered to travel to Spain and join the International Brigades to help fight fascism. The U.S. volunteers served in various units and came to be known collectively as the Abraham Lincoln Brigade. This website is dedicated to our annual project, where students dedicate a month to research a New Yorker who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War.

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