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IBMT No Pasaran Raffle 2020

The IBMT 2020 No Pasarán Raffle offers a first prize of £500 in cash. The second prize is half a case of glorious Spanish wines, plus many other prizes for runners-up. The draw will take place on Saturday 10 October 2020.

How to research individual volunteers

Anyone researching individual volunteers who went to Spain should consult the IBMT's database. This provides basic information about most of the 2,500 International Brigaders from Britain and Ireland. But for more details, it's necessary to delve into the archives.

Cécile Rol-Tanguy (1919-2020)

Former French Resistance fighter and president of ACER, the French International Brigades memorial association, Cécile Rol-Tanguy, died on 8 May at the age of 101. She was the widow of Henri Rol-Tanguy, a prominent French International Brigade volunteer and leader of the Resistance in Paris.

Memories of the Lincoln Brigade volunteers

Manus O’Riordan, IBMT Ireland Secretary, gives his thoughts on the restoration of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Memorial in San Francisco, the only national monument commemorating Spanish Civil War volunteers in the US. He recounts the dedication ceremony in March 2008 and his memories of the Lincoln Brigade veterans. Originally posted on the FFALB Google Group.

Online talk: Douglas Jolly, pioneer of battlefield surgery in the Spanish Civil War

The IBMT and Marx Memorial Library are hosting an online talk on Douglas Jolly on 28 May. It will take place as a video conference on Zoom from 8pm to 9.30pm, and be given by Dr David Lowe. Those registered for the talk will receive an email with details 24 hours before it is scheduled.