Enrique
Lister
was
born in Spain in 1907. He emigrated to
Cuba in 1927 and joined the Cuban Communist Party. He then went to
live in the Soviet Union (1931-34).
Lister returned to Spain
and became a member of the Communist Party
(PCE). On the outbreak of the Spanish Civil
War he joined the Republican
Army
and became one of its most
important commanders.
Lister was forced
to flee from Spain when General Francisco
Franco and
the Nationalist Army took control
of the country in March 1939. He went to live in the Soviet Union
but after the Second World War organized guerrilla
operations against Franco (1946-47).
Lister established
the Spanish Workers' Communist Party in 1973. He returned to Spain
in November 1977,
following the death of Franco.
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