"“The stuff we’re made of never goes away, with or without monuments,” he said in the old-time Brooklyn accent he never lost, Mr. Geist and other friends said. “Because the bastards will never cease their evil, and the decent human beings will never stop their struggle.” Eleven of the 39 surviving Lincoln Brigade veterans attended the speech. On April 7, two more died: Abe Smorodin, 92, of Brooklyn, and Ted Veltfort, 92, of Oakland, Calif. Three dozen remain."