Hackney in Greater London, England, United Kingdom — Northwestern Europe (the British Isles)
Jewish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
Photographed by Jerry Klinger, 2026
1. Jewish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War Marker
Remembering the British Jewish men and women who went to fight Fascism in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
Some 10,000 Jews from over 50 nations served in the International Brigades, comprising 25% of the total strength. Though Jews were a tiny percentage of Britain's general population, approximately 250 Jews served in the UK battalion, of whom about 150 came from East London.
Be strong and of good courage (Joshua 1:9)
הלוא צויתיך חזק ואמץ
Erected 2026 by Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, United Synagogue, AJEX - UK.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Notable Events • Wars, Non-US. In addition, it is included in the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation. series list.
Location. 51° 32.227′ N, 0° 2.652′ W. Memorial is in Hackney, England, in Greater London. It is on Lauriston Road, on the right when traveling north. It is on Lauriston Road, on the right when traveling north. It is located outside
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Regionally, this memorial is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is on the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Captain Lionel Lee, MC, Cr. de Guerre (here, next to this marker); 1972 Munich Olympic Massacre (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Bethnal Green Fire Memorial (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Daniel Mendoza (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Stairway to Heaven (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster (approx. 1.3 kilometers away); Operation Mincemeat (approx. 1.5 kilometers away); Sgt. Issy Smith, VC (approx. 1.8 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hackney.
Regarding Jewish Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War. August, 2026, in commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a first-ever British Jewish memorial to British Jews was sited in London. The marker was a joint effort of the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, United Synagogue and AJEX UK. The marker is adjacent to a memorial to Jewish Captain Lionel Lee, a secret WW II British Agent, betrayed and murdered in the Gross Rosen concentration camp in 1944.
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1. Jews in the Spanish Civil War.
For reasons best known to themselves, most adherents of the Left - both old and new - and the mainstream Jewish community itself have been, till recently, loathe to acknowledge and recall the dominant Jewish role in the International Brigades (IB) struggle against Fascism in the Spanish Civil War. Stereotyped as timid and submissive, the reality is that thousands of Jews from 53 countries went to fight and die opposing Franco, firing the first shots against Fascism. Some went openly as Jews, others took aliases; some fought in the battalions of their country of birth, others with other national groups; some went via a third nation, others went direct to Spain; some were refugees from anti-Semitism or political oppression already, others went freely from the democracies. In addition thousands more Jews world wide were active in solidarity campaigns, fund raising and refugee rescue, on behalf of the Republican Democrats. Most non-Jewish students of the conflict, however, have no problem emphasising the major part played by Jews in the International Brigade (IB) [1], and the Black actor Paul Robeson, for example, even sang and recorded Yiddish songs for the Jewish soldiers in Spain (see reference to ORiordan, below).(Submitted on August 10, 2026, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
2. Jews Against Franco (1936-1939). (Submitted on August 10, 2026, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
3. Ernest Hemingway on Fascism and the Spanish Civil War | PBS. (Submitted on August 10, 2026, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida.)
Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2026, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 17 times since then. Photo 1. submitted on August 10, 2026, by Jerry Klinger of Boynton Beach, Florida. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
