Karol Świerczewski
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Karol Wacław Świerczewski was a Polish and Soviet Red Army general and statesman. He was a Bolshevik Party member and served in the Soviet Red Army during the Russian Civil War and participated in the
"General Walter" (Świerczewski, left) and Vladimir Ćopić in Spain, 1937
Michał Rola-Żymierski, Marian Spychalski and Karol Świerczewski (from left to right)
Świerczewski's monument near his place of death, in Bieszczady mountains. It has since been demolished.
Academic conference on Karol Wacław Świerczewski in Stężnica in Gmina Baligród
Vladimir Ćopić
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Vladimir "Senjko" Ćopić was a Yugoslav revolutionary, politician, journalist and, as organizational secretary, the second in command of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia from April 1919 to August 1920
Karol Świerczewski
…of many International Brigade commanders due to poor performance, and although André Marty disagreed, he had to compromise and General Walter and Vladimir Ćopić were replaced. In June 1940 Świerczewski was promoted from colonel to the lowest general rank, general major. Following the outbreak of the Second World…
Members of the leadership and former members of parliament from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in the prison in Požarevac in 1922. Ćopić is standing second from the left.
In 1924, Ćopić organized the 1 May protests in Zagreb, held in front of Cinema Balkan.
Ćopić c. 1930
Ćopić during the Spanish Civil War c. 1937–1939