Communist International
Political organization
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| 2021 | A monograph was published presenting the Czechoslovak International Brigades volunteers (španěláci) in a balanced but somewhat sympathetic light. |
| May 23 2021 | Josep Almudéver, believed to be the last surviving veteran of the International Brigades, died at the age of 101. He had served in the CXXIX International Brigade and later fought in the Spanish Maquis. |
| April 2019 | Geoffrey Servante, the last surviving British member of the International Brigades, passed away at the age of 99. |
| 2016 | Czech Minister of Defense Kühnl awarded commemorative medals to the last living Interbrigadistas. |
| 2014 | Soviet expert Boris Volodarsky referred to the OMS as a 'little known intelligence service' and the 'intelligence branch of the Comintern', tracing its origins to the previous Sluzhba Svyazi or 'Communication Service'. |
| 2011 | Historian Thomas L. Sakmyster characterized the OMS as the Comintern's department for coordinating subversive activities, with representatives on central committees of foreign Communist parties. |
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