Stanley Postek Spanish Civil War Papers Bulk, 1937-1939 1934-1989, (Bulk 1937-1939)

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Stanley Postek Spanish Civil War Papers Bulk, 1937-1939 1934-1989, (Bulk 1937-1939)

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Stanley Postek (1912-1991) was a sailor, prizefighter and union organizer who went to Spain in 1938 to fight in the Spanish Civil War. After being seriously injured, Postek was detained in a concentration camp in France before returning to New York. Postek later served in World War II as a merchant seaman. The collection consists of materials, including personal journals, from Postek's time in Spain and afterward and from his period of service as a merchant marine in World War II. Later papers include newspaper articles and other writings about aspects of the Spanish Civil War, memorial items about veterans, and material documenting Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (VALB) activities.

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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