Approximately 2,800 American volunteers served in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side. (As of November 26, 2009 I have 2,631 confirmed volunteers listed on the rolls). Confirmed indicates that I have two or more sources that place the volunteer in Spain. Those that are confirmed make up Category I and include both those who died in Spain and those who returned. These are found on the Biographical Dictionary Page. Primary information on these volunteers will be available through the ALBA website.
Category II volunteers are those who moved to the United States after the Spanish Civil War.
Category III volunteers resided in United States at some point prior to the Spanish Civil War, but who were neither citizens nor left from the United States.
See the “Updates” to see my progress on the blog. To request information on a Category I volunteer or get in touch with me please leave a comment on the main page with your email. I will respond as quickly as possible.
Thanks,
CB
September 9, 2008 at 10:43 am |
Chris,
Am looking forward to using this site when it’s all up and running. Congratulations on a lot of hard work.
May 13, 2009 at 7:08 pm |
wow, great web site.
i want to send you a photo and ask if you have seen it
before, and if you can identify anyone.
bill bailey marked it as “my platoon” although he is not in the photo.
i don’t see this photo in any of the m.g.co. photos.
thanx
November 21, 2009 at 10:13 pm |
Michael,
I looked over the photographs and at present cannot identify any volunteers other than the ones that Bill Bailey had already identified. I believe the photograph of his platoon is taken late in the war based on other photographs from that time period. I have both photos posted to see if anyone else is able to identify the volunteers.
CB
September 24, 2009 at 9:15 pm |
I do not see my father, Sol Fellman listed. He went to Spain with my uncle, Harry Fellman who was KIA. You can read an interesting letter in the ALBA archives that Paul Segal wrote about a meeting between the two borthers who were separated when Harry was wounded a Jarma. My father left Spain in the fall of 1937. He was on the line at Jarma for many months. Sol wrote about his friendship with Doug Roach. During WWII Sol worked as an engineer at the Abredeen Proving Grounds for the US Army. Unfortunately, he was forced to resign when his background in Spain was questioned by HUAC. He lived to be 94 and passed away in 1996. If you need more information, please contact me…Thanks, David Harry Fellman
November 21, 2009 at 10:15 pm |
David,
Based on our conversation (offline) I have added your father to the list. He was previously confused with another volunteer.
CB