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Olga Benário Prestes

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Olga Benário Prestes · Civil Rights & Human Rights

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A Communist activist before and during World War II, Olga Benário Prestes’ political activities led her to the highest ranks of the Communist Youth International.

Biography

Olga Benário Prestes is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — A Communist activist before and during World War II, Olga Benário Prestes’ political activities led her to the highest ranks of the Communist Youth International.

How & why

A Communist activist before and during World War II, Olga Benário Prestes’ political activities led her to the highest ranks of the Communist Youth International. That is how the Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women, the scholarly reference published by the Jewish Women's Archive, opens its entry on her, written by Rochelle G. Saidel, and the entry is linked below.

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Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Rochelle G. Saidel

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A Communist activist before and during World War II, Olga Benário Prestes’ political activities led her to the highest ranks of the Communist Youth International.

Source: Shalvi/Hyman Encyclopedia of Jewish Women (Jewish Women's Archive) — Rochelle G. Saidel