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
A woman hugs a Polish volunteer before he crosses the border to go and fight against Russian forces.AP Photo/Visar KryeziuWhen 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,...