Maurice Levitas

February 1, 1917 (age 84)

He was known to his family and friends as "Morry". In 1927, the family emigrated to Britain, first to Glasgow then to London Maurice Levitas joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1933 and was also an active trade unionist. In 1937, he joined the Connolly Column of the International Brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War. He was captured in 1938 and released in February 1939. In 1942, Levitas enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in India and Burma. In 1948, having resumed employment as a plumber, he was offered a place in an emergency Teachers" Training College. In 1964, Levitas graduated with an honours degree in sociology from the University of London and became a senior lecturer in the sociology of education at Durham University. He attended the commemoration of the Connolly Column in 1991 in Liberty Hall, Dublin, where he was chosen to read out the list of members. He emigrated to East Germany in 1985 to work as an English teacher, returning to England in 1990 following the fall of the Berlin wall. He died in London on the 14th of February 2001.

Maurice Levitas

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Levitas was born at Warren Street, in the Portobello area of Dublin.

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University of London.

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He was known to his family and friends as "Morry". In 1927, the family emigrated to Britain, first to Glasgow then to London Maurice Levitas joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1933 and was also an active trade unionist. In 1937, he joined the Connolly Column of the International Brigade and fought in the Spanish Civil War.

He was captured in 1938 and released in February 1939.

In 1942, Levitas enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps and served in India and Burma. In 1948, having resumed employment as a plumber, he was offered a place in an emergency Teachers" Training College.

In 1964, Levitas graduated with an honours degree in sociology from the University of London and became a senior lecturer in the sociology of education at Durham University. He attended the commemoration of the Connolly Column in 1991 in Liberty Hall, Dublin, where he was chosen to read out the list of members.

He emigrated to East Germany in 1985 to work as an English teacher, returning to England in 1990 following the fall of the Berlin wall.

He died in London on the 14th of February 2001.

Membership

Harry Levitas was a member of the Tailors and Pressers Union, known in Dublin as the Jewish Union. He also attended, in 1997, a ceremony in the Mansion House by the Lord Mayor of the surviving Irish members of the International Brigade.

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