Carl Geiser Audio Recordings on Spanish Civil War Prisoners of War

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Carl Geiser Audio Recordings on Spanish Civil War Prisoners of War

1977-1986

Carl Frederick Geiser was born in Orrville, Ohio on December 10, 1910. He fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and was taken prisoner and held in a fascist prisoner of war camp for a year before being released in April 1939. After a successful career as an aeronautical engineer, he retired in 1971 and began to research and write a history of American volunteers captured during the Spanish Civil War. His labors resulted in the publication of in 1986. This collection consists of 35 audiocassettes, most of them interviews with former prisoners conducted as part of the research for Geiser's book. Also included are some taped "reflections" by Geiser in trips to Cuba and Spain. Prisoners of the Good Fight: The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939

2.0 linear feet; (35 audiocassettes)

eng, Latn

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