Jessi Duncanson HONS 2011J Maria Hernandez 18 October 2020 Eddie Balchowsky: Anti-Fascist of the Alleys Eddie Balchowsky was an enigma of sorts, a man who lived by a strong moral code to avoid moral codes and whose most consistent feature was his embodiment of contradictions. He always professed a lack of interest in politics, yet…
Month: December 2020
Anisa Najar HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Volunteer Marion Merriman by Student Anisa Najar Marion (née Stone) Merriman was born on August 18, 1909 in Reno, Nevada. She graduated high school at 16 and took up a secretarial job in order to save money for college. Marion’s mom, who had passed a…
Ana Lomidze HONS 2011J Hunter College-CUNY Professor María Hernández-Ojeda Children and Young Adults in the Spanish Civil War Personal Statement In the first week of classes, we were assigned to read Sam Levinger’s last letter to his parents. It was a short letter, but the words he used had a huge impact. The part that…
Vincent Londoño HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda Hyman Wallach: The Strongest Man in San Pedro by Vincent Londoño Personal Statement I first found out about Hyman Wallace by chance while looking through the documents in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade’s digital archives. Looking through the letters he had written about his experiences I was…
Colin Casey HONS 2011J – The Spanish Civil War in Literature and Film Final Essay Professor Hernandez-Ojeda Better Red Than Dead: The Political Activism of William James Bailey Personal Statement I had no idea quite how impactful this class would be when I had first signed up for it. I knew about the Spanish Civil…
Theadora Williams HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda The Spanish Civil War: The Popular Front, The Commissars, and George Watt Even in hindsight, the policy of the COMINTERN under Stalin during the Spanish Civil War is contentious, to say the least. Some attribute the downfall of the Republic to their interference, others…
December 18, 2020
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Gabriella Perez-Hernandez HONS 2011J Prof. Hernandez-Odeja 16 December 2020 Louis “Lou” Gordon At the start of this course, I knew very little about the Spanish Civil War. Over the course of this semester, I learned immensely about the complicated tensions in Spain and on the global stage the years prior to the breakout of the…
Fiona Weinstein Maria Hernandez-Ojeda The Spanish Civil War in Art, Literature and Film 18 December 2020 Volunteer Aaron Hilkevitch Unwavering Commitment to Freedom: Aaron Hilkevitch Personal Statement As a student of political science and human rights, I was especially interested in the circumstances and psychology that encouraged the volunteers of the Abraham Lincoln…
Kristie Sanchez Professor Hernández-Ojeda HONS 2011J 12/18/20 Abraham “Abe” Osheroff Personal Statement Prior to taking this course on the Spanish Civil War, I had never heard of the Spanish Civil War. It was not until I watched the documentary The Good Fight that I realized the significance of…
Ariana Guzman HONS 2011J Final Essay Professor Hernández-Ojeda The Participation of American Women in the Spanish Civil War: The Story of Helen Freeman Personal Statement Prior to the course, I was not aware about the civil war in Spain or the involvement of international volunteers that would travel to Spain for its anti-fascist and…