page_title: Polish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War
section_title: The Dąbrowszczacy
hierarchical_section_title: Polish volunteers in the Spanish Civil War / The Dąbrowszczacy
caption_attribution_description: A photo of Jarosław Żądło-Dąbrowski, herbu Radwan, a Polish general English: Jarosław Dąbrowski Polski: Jarosław Dąbrowski Русский: Ярослав Домбровский Svenska: Jarosław Dąbrowski
context_page_description: According to André Marty, the Comintern "chief organiser", about 3,000 Poles volunteered for the International Brigades. Elsewhere, it has been calculated that 5,400 Poles fought in Spain. The majority were miners working in France, 300 were Polish-Americans, and several hundred were Poles living in various European countries. Only 800 came from Poland itself.
context_section_description: The International Brigades often named its battalions and brigades using stirring historical symbolism. Such symbols included the Italian leader, Giuseppe Garibaldi, the French anthem, La Marseillaise, and contemporary political figures, such as Ernst Thaelmann. The 19th century Polish general, Jarosław Dąbrowski was an obvious choice, too. General Dąbrowski was involved in the January Uprising, in a plot against Tsar Alexander II and imprisoned. In 1865, he fled and escaped to France. In 1871, he was elected to the Paris Commune and took over the defence of the city. He was killed on the barricades, "fighting gallantly" for a foreign cause.
  Throughout the Spanish Civil War, the name Dabrowski was used in addition to the unit designation for units with a Polish connection or component. These include the Dabrowski Battalion, the XIII International Brigade (also known as the 13th Dabrowski Brigade) and the 150th International Brigade. See below.
  Even today, in Poland, Polish veterans of the Spanish Civil War are known as the "Dąbrowszczacy".
caption: Jarosław Dąbrowski
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