The Front Lines of Social Change:
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
An ode to political activism,
an antidote to cynicism
a book of photographs and text
by Richard Bermack
List of photos
xiv. Hilda Roberts, 2002
xv. Hilda Roberts’s passport, 1936
xvii. Milt Wolff, 1993
xviii. Ed Bender and Bill Sennett, 1993
xix. Coleman Persily and Angela Davis, 2002
1. Spanish peasant girl and infant
2. An orphanage of the Spanish Republic
2. Spanish civilians at a barricade defending Madrid
3. Madison Square Garden rally in support of the Spanish Republic
4. Nate Thornton in Spain
4. Nate Thornton, 2000
7. Saul Wellman in Spain
7. Saul Wellman, 1986
8. Abe Smorodin and Lou Gordon, c. 1936
8. Abe Smorodin and Lou Gordon, 2001
9. Perley Payne, 1992
9. Milt Wolff and Ernest Hemingway
11 . Dave Smith, 1996
11. Dave Smith after the battle of Jarama
12. Marion Wachtel Merriman and Robert Merriman
12. Marion Wachtel Merriman, 1985
14. Mel Anderson with his machine gun
company
14. Mel Anderson, 1986
15. Hy Tabb and Dr. John Simon, 1997
15. Dr. John Simon in Spain
16. Bill Wheeler in Spain
16. Bill Wheeler, 1986
17. Matti Mattson, 1999
17. Matti Mattson in Spain
18. Don Thayer, Manny Lanser, Milt Wolff, George Watt, Harold Smith, and Archie Brown
18. Manny Lanser, 1997
19. Morris Brier, 1988
19. Morris Brier in Spain
20. Mark Billings in Spain
20. Mark Billings, 1997
21. Bob Reed, 1993
21. Bob Reed in Spain
22. Norman Berkowitz and Jack Shafran,1937
22. Norman Berkowitz, 1999
23. Ernest Amatniek, 1997
23. Jack Freeman and Ernest Amatniek
24. Harry Fisher, c. 1936
24. Harry Fisher, 1997
25. Carl Geiser in Spain
25. Carl Geiser, 1995
26. Sam Schiff in Spain
26. Sam Schiff, 1997
27. Gabby Rosenstein, 1982
27. Gabby Rosenstein in Spain
28. Harry Randall, c. 1936
28. Harry Randall, 2003
29. Bill Susman, 1997
29. Bill Susman, Joe Brandy, and John Gerlack, 1937
30. Toby Jensky in Spain
30. Toby Jensky, 1986
31. American nurses and Spanish nurse’s aides, 1938: Rose Weiner, Norah Temple, Toby Jensky, Anna Taft, Sana Goldblatt, Selma Chadwick, Andrea, Leoncia
32. Hank Rubin at the base hospital in Spain, 1937
32. Hank Rubin, 1986
33. Mildred Rackley Simon, 1986
33. Mildred Rackley Simon pointing out a
bullet hole in an ambulance in Spain
33. Ruth Davidow and Evelyn Hutchins raising money for ambulances
34. A school of the Spanish Republic
35. Sam Walters, 1997
35. Spanish friends of Sam Walters
36. Len Levenson with a group of New York University students in Spain
37. Archie Brown’s passport photos
38. Abe Osheroff and Martín Espada, 1999
40. Brook Carmichael, Bob Ingalls, and Jack Koble
40. Brook Carmichael, 1998
41. Bob Ingalls, 1998
44. “The Final Review”: Milt Wolff leading the brigade in its ½nal review
46. Rally to aid Spanish refugees, 1945
47. Judy Holliday leads a demonstration against Franco, 1946
47. Stage and motion picture star Margo collects money for refugees, 1939
49. Virginia Malbin, 1997
50. Lincoln brigade vets marching against U.S. intervention in World War II
51. Jack Shafran, 1997
51. Jack Shafran in Spain
52. Bill Sennett and Jim Vogat, 1943
53. Jack Bjoze, 1997
53. Jack Bjoze, 1960s
54. Al Tanz on a practice jump before D-Day
54. Al Tanz celebrating his ninetieth birthday, 2000
55. Bob Thompson and Phil Detro in Spain
56. A housewives’ demonstration against the 1950s witch hunts
57. Dr. Edward Barsky speaking on behalf of Spanish exiles
58. Alvah Bessie, 1985
58. Alvah Bessie in Spain
60. Helen Freeman and Fred Keller, 1986
61. Bob Klonsky, 1989
61. Pennsylvania Smith Act defendants
62. Sana Goldblatt, 1998
64. Martin Balter, 2001
67. Bill Bailey, 1982
68. Steve Nelson, c. 1936
68. Steve Nelson, 1989
69. Steve Nelson while on trial under the Smith Act
70. Abe Osheroff, 1941
73. Archie Brown, 1982
73. Archie Brown being ejected from a HUAC hearing, 1960
75. John Penrod, 1999
76. Luchelle McDaniels in Spain
76. Luchelle McDaniels, 1982
77. Lillian and Buster Ross, 1988
79. Ruth Davidow, 1996
80. Bill Sennett demonstrating against the Ku Klux Klan in Chicago, 1946
81. Abe Osheroff, 1997
81. Abe Osheroff during Mississippi Freedom Summer, 1964
82. Leonard Olson and Martha Olson Jarocki, 1994
83. Robert Colodny speaking against the war in Vietnam, c. 1967
84. Chuck and Yolanda (Bobbie) Hall at a 1950s demonstration in Chicago
84. Chuck Hall, 2001
85. Moe Fishman, 1999
85. Lincoln vets at the March on the Pentagon, 1967
86. Lincoln vets protesting the Vietnam War, late 1960s
87. Ruth Davidow at a demonstration against U.S. involvement in Nicaragua, 1986
88. Anthony Toney in a 1980s demonstration opposing U.S. intervention in Latin America
88. Anthony Toney, 1997
89. Milt Wolff raising money to send ambulances to Nicaragua, 1985
90. Martin Balter, Maury Colow, Saul Wellman, Archie Brown, Milt Wolff, Al Gottlieb, Rudy Corbin, and Gabby Rosenstein in Nicaragua, 1986
90. Milt Felsen in Cuba, 1993
91. Ted Veltfort and David Wald in Nicaragua, early 1980s
92. Ted Veltfort in his workshop, 2003
92. Ted Veltfort, 2000
93. Nate and Corine Thornton en route to Cuba, 1993
94. Milt Wolff arriving in Cuba, 1993
96. Arthur Munday, 1997
96. Gus Schultz, 1998
97. Al Koslow, 1997
97. George Cullinen, 1997
98. Bill Van Felix, 1997
99. John Hovan, 1997
100. Marion Noble, 2001
101. Jack Shulman, 1997
102. Syd Harris, 1986
103. Clifton Amsbury, 1998
104. Delmar Berg, 1998
105. George Sossenko, 1997
106. Ralph Fasanella, 1984
107. Al Gotlieb, 2001
108. Clarence Kailin, 2001
109. Max Shufer, 1997
112. Moe Fishman and Sylvia Thompson in the New York VALB of½ce, 2001
113. Martin Sheen with Dave Smith and other Lincoln vets, 2003
114. Len Levenson, 1997
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