Alejandra Soler

Alejandra Soler Gilabert (July 8, 1913 – March 1, 2017) was a Spanish politician and schoolteacher. She also worked for the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.[1][2]

Alejandra Soler
Alejandra Soler in 2017
Born(1913-07-08)July 8, 1913
Valencia, Spain
DiedMarch 1, 2017(2017-03-01) (aged 103)
Valencia, Spain
Occupationteacher, politician
Notable work
La vida es un río caudaloso con peligrosos rápidos, 2009
Spouse(s)Arnoldo Azzatti

Life

She studied at the Institución de la Enseñanza para la Mujer, the Instituto Lluís Vives and humanities and schoolteaching at the university, where she was also in the athletic federation FUE.[3]

She took part in the revolts against Miguel Primo de Rivera's dictature and in 1934, she became a member of the communist party.[4]

After the Spanish Civil War, she was in a French refugee camp, where she could later run away with her husband Arnoldo Azzatti (whose father was the journalist Félix Azzatti) to the Soviet Union where she worked as a schoolteacher for the Spanish refugee children, and in World War II, she saved 14 children in the Battle of Stalingrad.[5]

She took part in the 15-M Movement in 2011.[6]

Works
  • 2009, La vida es un río caudaloso con peligrosos rápidos

References
  1. Levante-EMV. "Fallece a los 103 años la maestra republicana Alejandra Soler". levante-emv.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. Malinoshevsky, Yaroslav. "Испанка Алехандра Солер - участница обороны Сталинграда - Газета Слово - Новости Португалии, Испании и Италии". gazetaslovo.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. recaredo2014 (12 May 2015). "Son Leyenda: Alejandra Soler". wordpress.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. "La Universitat rinde homenaje a Alejandra Soler, pionera del asociacionismo universitario durante la República". uv.es. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. "Entrevista con Alejandra Soler, superviviente española de la batalla de Stalingrado- Videos de RT". rt.com. Retrieved 9 March 2017.

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