The IBMT’s 'Antifascistas' exhibition, plus new audio-visual material, is now on permanent display at the Newhaven Fort Second World War visitors’ centre in Sussex. See www.newhavenfort.org.uk for opening times and admission charges.
Remembering Jack Edwards and Kit Conway By Manus O’Riordan (IBMT Ireland Secretary) On Friday 21 February 2014, the ashes of Liverpool International Brigader Jack Edwards (1914-2011) were scattered by his family on the Jarama battlefield outside Madrid, where he had fought and been wounded in action in February 1937. See http://www.richardbaxell.info/jack-edwards/ for […]
Taking Sides: Artists and Writers on the Spanish Civil War Saturday, 1 March 2014, 11am-5pm, Manchester Conference Centre (Sackville Street, Manchester M1 3BB) International Brigade Memorial Trust’s annual Len Crome Memorial Lecture A public lecture day in Manchester on 1 March will focus on the wealth of outstanding literature, film, photography and […]
'Tomorrow we’ll have coffee in Huesca' A six-day International Brigade Memorial Trust tour to the Aragon Front in October 2014 (9th to 15th) The group will assemble on Thursday 9th October at Callafell, a small seaside town, easily accessible by rail from both Barcelona El Prat and Barcelona Reus airports. The following morning […]
“Homage without Frontiers” to the International Brigades on Saturday 15 February – only on Facebook! Join this first online homage organised by the AABI Spanish International Brigades friendship group. The aim is to bring together Facebook supporters of the International Brigades from some 40 countries – especially those unable to attend the AABI’s […]
Gregg McDonald of Consequential Films has made a 16-minute video of the gala evening at Rich Mix, London, on 7 December 2013 to mark the 75th anniversary of the return of the British Battalion from Spain. The gala evening was organised by Philosophy Football in association with the IBMT. Go to: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eyBDoYxIh4
Seventy-five years ago today, 7 December 1938, the British Battalion arrived home from Spain. See silent footage of their arrival in Newhaven and then at London’s Victoria Station, where they are welcomed, first by Fred Copeman, a previous commander of the British Battalion, then by Labour Party leader Clement Attlee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhFON5OjG7k&feature=youtube_gdata_player After […]
75 years ago, on 28 October 1938, Dolores Ibárruri (“La Pasionaria”) thanked the International Brigades with these words at their farewell parade in Barcelona… It is very difficult to say a few words in farewell to the heroes of the International Brigades, because of what they are and what they represent. A feeling of […]
Gordon Munro (on left of the International Brigade memorial) addresses the meeting in East Princes Street Gardens. Daniel Gray (on right of the memorial) looks on. NB: Download the draft minutes of the 2013 Annual General Meeting below. IBMT's AGM weekend in Edinburgh The IBMT’s Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh on 12 October […]
According to the latest information of the AABI (Spanish International Brigades friendship group), there are nine, possibly ten, International Brigaders still alive. They are: Joseph Almudéver (France) Delmer Berg (US) César Covo (France) Karel Dufek* (Czech Republic) Stanley Hilton** (Great Britain) Gert Hoffman (Austria) John Hovan (US) Hans Landauer (Austria) Juan Miguel de […]
Speech given by Gideon Long on 24 September 2013 at the site of the last stand of the British Battalion, near Corbera d’Ebre on 23 September 1938… I’m the grandson of Sam Wild, the commander of the British Battalion during the Battle of the Ebro. I never spoke to my granddad much about Spain – […]
A plaque to the British Battalion’s last stand near Corbera d’Ebre in September 1938 was unveiled on 24 September 2013 by family members of those who took part in the fighting. A slideshow of photos of the event can be viewed here: http://bit.ly/16ymnw8 The plaque stands next to the old church of Corbera d‘Ebre, which […]
