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November 8, 2010

Ashes of Spanish Civil War Vet Brought to Spain
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And family and friends of the late Clarence Kailin have brought his
ashes to Spain, where he fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War
in the late 1930s. Kailin died last year at the age of 95 in Madison,
Wisconsin. He was one of the last survivors of the Abraham Lincoln
Brigade, a group of American volunteers who fought in defense of Spain’s
democratically elected government against a military coup led by Gen.
Francisco Franco, backed by Adolf Hitler and Italian dictator Benito
Mussolini. (From the DN archives: 'Fighting Fascism: The Americans–Women
and Men–Who Fought In the Spanish Civil War')



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