Testimony of Benjamin Lublesky, born in Lublin, Poland, 1909, about enlisting in the Communist Brigade and fighting in the Spanish War, deportation to concentration camps in France and his life in WWII in Alger

Testimony of Benjamin Lublesky, born in Lublin, Poland, 1909, about enlisting in the Communist Brigade and fighting in the Spanish War, deportation to concentration camps in France and his life in WWII in Alger Family background; immigration to Belgium after graduating from high school, May 1929; arrival in Antwerpen; works in various places; affinity for communism; information about the rise of the Nazis to power in Germany and an understanding of the situation. The outbreak of war in Spain; enlistment in a communist brigade with 27 other Jewish youths and departure for Spain; crossing through Paris and other various places in France to the border crossing; arrival in Figueras; move to Madrid, November 1936; participation in hostilities with other brigades from other European countries; transfer to Murcia, January 1937; transfer to the Artillery Corps; officers' school; crossing the border into France, February 1939; deportation to the Saint Cyprien camp on charges of communism; stay a few months in the camp; transfer to the Gurs camp, 1940; transfer to the Vernet camp; transfer to Algiers; connections with the Jewish community in the city. The end of the war; move to Paris, 1946; life after the war; back to Poland to help build a new socialist society, 1949; discharge from the army, 1952; move to Vietnam until 1960; aliya to Israel, September 1965; absorption.