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Russel, Ross - Interview

Item number (ISN):

351474

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1964-12-29

Item number (ISN):

351474

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, RADIO: SPANISH CIVIL WAR ORAL HISTORY TAPES

Accession:

1981-0117

Media:

Sound

Part:

3 of 3

Production date:

1964-12-29

Production company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Production credit:

interviewer, Mac Reynolds

Description:

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Oral history interview of Ross Russel about the Spanish Civil War. He speaks about such subjects as his upbringing in Toronto, his employment at Woolworth's in Toronto and Montreal, his not getting promotions at the store because he was Jewish, the rise of fascism in Europe, his desire to go to Spain to fight fascism, his concern that German fascism was spreading to other countries, his acquaintance with the founder of the organization called Friends of the Soviet Union, meeting Dr. Norman Bethune, the testing of German equipment in Spain, the role of the League Against War and Fascism in bringing Bethune to Canada to speak in 1937 about the situation in Spain, his decision to go to Spain as a personal decision, his meeting with Fred Rose who tried to discourage him from going to Spain, his departure from Quebec City, the journey to Spain during which he was told to act like a tourist, the other men on the ship, many of whom were from British Columbia, the landing at Le Havre, travelling to Paris, his meeting an agent for the Canadians called Johnnny, meeting members of the French underground, travelling by train to the border, the journey over the Pyrenées, the fear of encountering border guards, the arrival in Spain, being sent to the headquarters of the International Brigade, the training he received, machine gun school, the relaxed discipline, a mercenary named Thompson, his first experience with death, the bombing of Teruel, his getting wounded, various others he served with such as Rosenberg and Lionel Edwards, a visit by Paul Robeson, Yugoslav fighters, his getting wounded in the foot when a hospital train he was on was bombed, travels to places such as Valencia and Barcelona, the retreat of the Spanish army, his trying to catch up to the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion, walking through the tunnel into France, the trip to Paris, equipment that was stranded in France because of non-intervention agreements, money raised in Canada to repatriate those who served in Spain, his disappoval of the inaction of France, his return to Montreal and his involvement in the labour movement in Canada.

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. Description based on handwritten oral history interview analysis, possibly created by the interviewer, a copy of which is in the collection file.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

392190

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1981-0117/03
1981-0117/04
1981-0117/05

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG

Vault ISN:

396608

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A1 2004-05-0014
A1 2004-05-0015
A1 2004-05-0016

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

CD

Duration:

127:07

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

1002299

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

A4 2004-05-0014
A4 2004-05-0015
A4 2004-05-0016

Number of items:

3

Kind of sound:

CD

Made from:

1981-0117/03
1981-0117/04
1981-0117/05

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

1092622

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

C02890

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Technical description:

POLY

Made from:

1981-0117/02
1981-0117/03
1981-0117/04
1981-0117/05

Status:

MASTER
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

A1 2004-05-0014
A1 2004-05-0015
A1 2004-05-0016

GENCAT identity number:

GAD 0FD547

Restrictions on consultation:

To be Determined / À déterminer

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur

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