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Ukraine's foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil War

  • Written by Sebastiaan Faber, Professor of Hispanic Studies, Oberlin College and Conservatory
Ukraine's foreign fighters have little in common with those who signed up to fight in the Spanish Civil WarA woman hugs a Polish volunteer before he crosses the border to go and fight against Russian forces.AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

When an aging Abe Osheroff recalled why, as a 21-year-old kid from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood, he had volunteered to join the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War in 1936, he framed it as a personal,...

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