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Georges Kopp (10 October 1902 – 15 July 1951) was a Belgium-educated engineer and inventor of Russian descent. He is best known for his friendship with George Orwell , whom he commanded in the Spanish Civil War when both men were volunteers in the fight against fascism .
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- 10 October 1902, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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- 15 July 1951 (aged 48), Marseille, France
Georges Kopp. Georges Kopp, the son of Alexander Kopp and Henrietta Neuman, was born in St Petersburg in 1902. The family fled to Switzerland on the outbreak of the Russian Revolution. Later they moved to Belgium where Kopp developed socialist views. Kopp became an officer in the Belgian Army.
18 de abr. de 2021 · Quentin Kopp and the biographer of his Father, Marc Wildemeersch, in conversation about Orwell’s Commander in Spain, the enigmatic figure described as “the s...
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15 de out. de 2013 · With a focus on the relationship between Orwell and Kopp during the Spanish Civil War, ‘George Orwell’s Commander in Spain: The Enigma of Georges Kopp’ is the first biography of a...
Georges Kopp, (St Petersburg, Russia 1902 – Marseilles, France 15 July 1951) was an engineer who had lived in Belgium for about 25 years and volunteered to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, rising to become commander of the 3rd Regiment, Lenin Division, a militia unit belonging...
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8 de nov. de 2013 · Georges Kopp is a complex figure and often lied and exaggerated about his life and career . For example in Spain he claimed he had previous military experience and even Orwell believed this to be the case because of his bearing and natural authority.
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