 Georges Kopp

Georges Kopp (1902, in St Petersburg, Russia – 15 July 1951, in Marseilles, France) was an engineer who had lived in Belgium for about 25 years and volunteered to fight for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War, rising to become commander of the 3rd Regiment, Lenin Division, a militia unit belonging to the Workers' Party of Marxist Unification (POUM) which saw active service on the Aragon front, and was later incorporated into the regular army as the 29th Division of the Republican government's Popular Army.Kopp rose to become captain in the general staff of the 45th Mixed Brigade of the Spanish Republican Army.