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A chance to fight Hitler : a Canadian volunteer in the Spanish Civil War

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    Between the Lines, 2018
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    Between the Lines, 2020
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.
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  • Author: Goutor, David
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    2018
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    In late 1936, as Franco's armies stormed toward Madrid, Stalin famously termed the defence of Spain "the common cause of all advanced and progressive mankind." As a German emigrant to Winnipeg, Hans Ibing recognized the importance of the Spanish Civil War to the struggle against worldwide fascism in a way that most people in Canada did not--joining the International Brigades in their fight to defend the Spanish Republic was his "chance to fight Hitler." Drawing on interviews, Ibing's personal papers, and archival material, David Goutor recounts the powerful story of an ordinary man's response to extraordinary times.

    Genre:
    Biographies and autobiographies, Canadian nonfiction, History and geography
    Subject(s): Canadian | Ibing, Hans | Military participation
    Original Publisher: Toronto, Between the Lines
    Language(s): English
    ISBN: 9781771133968, 1771133961, 9781771133975