Fanny Edelman

Fanny Jabcovsky, better known as Fanny Edelman (27 February 1911 – 1 November 2011) was an Argentine politician who was part of the International Brigades in defense of the Second Spanish Republic. She was honorary president of the Communist Party of Argentina until the day of her death.

Biography Fanny Jabcovsky was born in Córdoba to an immigrant family who fled the anti-Jewish pogroms in the Russian Empire: her father Felipe came from Zgurița in Bessarabia and mother from Congress Poland. Her family moved to Buenos Aires when she was 13. She worked in the textile industry and as a music teacher.

In 1934, repelled by the electoral fraud of General José Félix Uriburu, she joined the International Red Aid (Communist party).

Honours Order of José Martí, March 2011.