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No man ever entered earth more honorably than those who died in Spain.Ernest Hemingway In 1937, Hank Rubin, a twenty-year-old Jewish pre-med student at UCLA, volunteered for service in the International Brigades combating fascists in the Spanish Civil War. In his illustrated memoir, Rubin reflects on those events, making no apologies for his youthful impulsiveness, bravado, and ideology, but recalling the heroics and sufferings he witnessed and experienced in Spain, as well as the disappointing treatment he received upon his return.

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title:Spain's Cause Was Mine : A Memoir of an American Medic in the Spanish Civil War
author:Rubin, Hank.
publisher:Southern Illinois University Press
isbn10 | asin:0809323176
print isbn13:9780809323173
ebook isbn13:9780585310886
language:English
subjectRubin, Hank, Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, American, Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Personal narratives, American, Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Medical care, Spain.--Ejrcito Popular de la Repblica.--Brigada Interna
publication date:1997
lcc:DP269.47.A46R8 1997eb
ddc:946.0817
subject:Rubin, Hank, Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Participation, American, Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Personal narratives, American, Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Medical care, Spain.--Ejrcito Popular de la Repblica.--Brigada Interna
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Spain's Cause Was Mine
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Spain's Cause Was Mine
A Memoir of an American Medic in the Spanish Civil War
Hank Rubin
Foreword by Peter N. Carroll
Spains Cause Was Mine A Memoir of an American Medic in the Spanish Civil War - image 3
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Copyright 1997 by the Board of Trustees,
Southern Illinois University
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
00 99 98 97 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rubin, Hank.
Spain's cause was mine : a memoir of an American medic in the Spanish Civil War /
Hank Rubin.
p. cm.
Includes index.
1. Rubin, Hank. 2. SpainHistoryCivil War, 19361939Participation, American.
3. SpainHistoryCivil War, 19361939Personal narratives, American. 4. Spain
HistoryCivil War, 19361939Medical care. 5. Spain. Ejrcito Popular de la Repblica.
Brigada Internacional, XVBiography. 6. AmericansSpainHistory20th century.
I. Title.
DP269.47.A46R8 1997
946.0817dc21 97-15733
ISBN 0-8093-2159-9 (cloth : alk. paper) CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information SciencesPermanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984 Picture 4
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To Lillian
My Comrade, My Love
And So That
Marci, My Daughter and Blake, My Grandson
May Know
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They gave up everything, their loves, their countries, home and fortune; fathers, mothers, wives, brothers, sisters and children, and they came and told us: We are here. Your cause, Spain's cause, is ours...
Dolores Ibarruri, "La Pasionaria," 1938
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Contents
List of Illustrations
xi
Foreword
Peter N. Carroll
xiii
Acknowledgments
xix
Map: A divided Spain, July 1936
xxi
1. UCLA
3
2. Los Angeles to Le Havre
24
3. Le Havre to Carcassonne
35
4. Carcassonne to Albacete
49
5. Albacete
63
6. Tarazona De La Mancha
73
7. Tarazona to Barcelona
87
8. Graen
97
9. Teruel to the Ebro River
115
10. Benicasim Back to UCLA
131
11. Epilogue
152
Index
157

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Illustrations
Hank Rubin, 1937, in His Clinical Laboratory at the Base Hospital in Valls, Spain
Frontispiece
Hank Rubin, as a Child, with His Father, Benjamin W. Rubin, and Sister Audrey
Fannye Rubin (Rubin's Mother) with Her Family, the Seeligs
Courtyard of the Base Hospital, Valls, Spain, 1937
Granville Walker Paine, Age 22, 1937, One of Rubin's Comrades Who was Killed in Spain
Ministerio De Defensa Nacional's Authorization of Hank Rubin's Departure from Spain, November 27, 1938
Hank Rubin, 1939, Newly Returned from Spain
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