Volunteer of the Week: Sverge Edwardsen

Sverge "Eddie" Edwardsen of Winnipeg and Telemark, Norway, was a jeweller, a cook, and a Communist Party organizer. He immigrated to Canada in 1925, and was involved in many strikes and demonstrations. He held many different roles in Spain, including publicity director and kitchen staff. During the war, he was wounded in action, hospitalized, reported missing in action twice, but ultimately survived to return to Canada in 1939.

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