Moe Fishman: Young Astorian

From the New York Times, 8/12/07:

Moe Fishman, who as a 21-year-old from Astoria, Queens, fought Fascists in Spain with the Abraham Lincoln Brigade and was severely wounded, then led veterans of that unit in fighting efforts to brand them as Communist subversives, died on Aug. 6 in Manhattan. He was 92.

Many believe that at least half of the volunteers for the Lincoln Brigade were Communists, but Mr. Fishman's reasons for joining were more complex, he told The Times in 1969.

"Why did I go?" he said. "That's hard to say. That's a key question. I was active in trade union work. I wanted to travel. I belonged to the 92nd Street Y.M.H.A., and we were very anti-Fascist, much opposed to Hitler, Franco."

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