Onteniente, a Clinic of the Socialist Workers' International
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Onteniente, a Clinic of the Socialist Workers' International
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Photo: R. Luftig (Collection Rudi Van Doorslaer).
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On May 1, 1937, a group of Jewish volunteer nurses of Antwerp and Brussels proudly pose for a group portrait. They have arrived at Plaça de Catalunya in Barcelona and will travel the next day to Onteniente, a small town near Valencia. On the initiative of the Socialist Workers' International and the International Federation of Trade Unions, a clinic was established in Onteniente. The Belgian Workers' Party played a crucial role in the entire project. In the photo, we can see the three Luftig sisters: Golda sitting in the middle, Feigla to her right in the white dress, and next to her, Rachel. At the bottom right sits Genia Gross. All of them had their husbands or partners in the International Brigades.
