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Eric Bennett was born Erich Behnsch in Tarnowitz, Germany, on September 24, 1902. He worked as a hardware salesman until he was arrested, along with thousands of other Jews, on November 9, 1938, on Kristallnacht and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp in Weimar, Germany. Mr. Behnsch was deported in 1939 and went to Cuba, one of the few countries that would take Jewish refugees at the time.

In Havana he turned his hobby into a profession and worked as a children's portrait photographer. Behnsch was allowed to enter the United States in late 1941 and joined other members of his family in Detroit, Michigan. He changed his name to Eric Bennett and continued to work in Detroit as a professional photographer until his death in 1964.

Teresa Fernández Soneira is a writer and researcher of Cuban history, particularly of the XIX century and religion. She was born in Havana, Cuba in 1947 to Cuban parents of Galician Spanish ancestry. In Cuba, she went to school at the Colegio del Apostolado del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús de Vedado. She and her family went into exile and relocated from Cuba to Miami, Florida in 1961. She then traveled to Madrid, Spain to finish her education at the Colegio del Apostolado de Madrid in 1964. She then returned to Miami and received an Associates Degree in Philosophy of Arts from Miami Dade College and later earned a degree in Humanities from Barry University.

She has made important contributions to scholarship on the history of Cuba and has seven books published, including: Mujeres de la Patria (Women of the Motherland) (2014) in which she has brought to life more than 1,300 Cuban women and their work during the struggles for independence in Cuba, Con La Estrella Y La Cruz: Historia De La Federación De Las Juventudes De Acción Católica Cubana (2002), Cuba: Historia De La Educación Católica, 1582-1961 (1997), about which a reviewer states: “The work identifies sixty religious orders, both feminine and masculine, that founded and staffed schools on the island; reproduces twenty-four historical documents; and lists Catholic schools in Cuba from 1582 to 1961, all arranged chronologically. As far as I can ascertain, no work containing this vast amount of information on the topic has been published until now.” (Miranda, Salvador. "Book Review: Cuba: Historia De La Educación Católica 1582-1961, Volumes 1 and 2." Cuban Studies. 30 (2000): 160-162.), Apuntes Desde El Destierro (1989), Niños Que Triunfan (Leading Children to Success): Centro Mater Sus Historias y Sus Colaborades) (2008.)

She has also published several scholarly articles on topics of Cuban history and historical figures. And written articles for El Nuevo Herald, Semanario ¡Éxito !, Geomundo, La Voz Católica, Buenhogar, El Pinareño, Convived, Ideal, and Heritage of Cuban Culture. She was the editor of the magazine Maria Stella for alumni of Colegio Apostolado of Cuba as well as a columnist for 7 years for the monthly publication La Voz Católica. She has participated in radio programs such as Radio República del Movimiento Democrático Cubano and Radio Martí, and given conferences to different organizations and presented at the Miami Book Fair. In 1990, she won the award given for the first literary contest of the Father Felix Varela Foundation of Miami, one of several honors she had been awarded for her work.

Andrés Vargas Gómez, Cuban diplomat, lawyer and former political prisoner, was born in Havana, Cuba on May 4, 1915. He graduated from the School of Law at the University of Havana in 1944 with pre-law courses at Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. He married María Teresa Campa in 1960.

From 1936 to 1959 Vargas, Gómez was director of the "División Asuntos Ecónomicos del Ministerio de Estado,” member of the “Comision Técnica de la Junta Nacional de Economía,” member of the “Comisión Técnica Arancelaria,” and member of the "Colegio de Economistas de Cuba." As a diplomat, he represented Cuba in various international conferences given by the United Nations, the World Organization of Sugar, and was chief of the Cuban Delegation to The General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (GATT) conference. In 1960 he was assigned as Ambassador of Cuba before the European Organization of the United Nations in Geneva. He resigned this position on the same year when he attained knowledge that the new government of Fidel Castro conspired to establish a Communist regime in Cuba.

Vargas Gómez came to the United States on that year and was one of the founders of “Frente Revolucionario Democrático.” This was the first organization that confronted Fidel Castro and that constituted the civil branch of the process of Bay of Pigs Invasion. He was also a member of the “Comité Ejecutivo del Frente Revolucionario Democrático” and director of its radio broadcasting station “Por Cuba y Para Cuba.” Vargas Gómez assumed the political responsibility of the invasion of Playa Girón (Bay of Pigs Invasion) and returned to Cuba as a member of the underground resistance. As the Bay of Pigs Invasion failed, he was taken prisoner and sentenced to death. Later Vargas Gómez was re-sentenced to thirty years in prison of which he served twenty one years. He came to Miami, Florida in June, 1984, and currently lives in Coral Gables, Florida with his wife María Teresa.

Vargas Gómez published several books, among them Poemas Innominados, Sombras y Luces, and Espejismos y Agonías. Also, he has been a columnist in local newspapers such as El Diario las Américas, The Miami Herald, and El Nuevo Herald.

From August 1984 to 1985 Vargas Gómez was Project Director of the Latin American Institute at St. Thomas University, Miami, Florida. Currently, he worked as a consultant of the International Trade Board of the city of Miami.

Andrés Vargas Gómez is a prominent member of the Cuban exile community, working for human rights and the release of political prisoners in Cuba. He is the grandson of Generalísimo Máximo Gómez who played a very important role in Cuba's Independence.

The Guantánamo Sugar Company offices were located at 120 Wall Street, New York from 1915 through 1959. This company was the owner of the Soledad Sugar Mill, Los Caños Sugar Mill, the Isabel B. Sugar Mill and the Guantánamo Railroad Co. all located around the Guantánamo Bay. The Soledad Sugar Mill was founded before 1860 and his owner was Gregorio Malleta. In 1878, it became property of the Brooks Family. Los Caños Sugar Mill was founded in 1861 by Carlos Rancole, and in 1883 became property of the Brooks Family. The date of the foundation of the Isabel Sugar Mill is unknown, but in 1860 the owner was the widow of the French Couroneaux, and in 1898 the Mill became the property of the Brooks Family.

Later these three sugar mills were the property of Arturo Pita who was the president of the Guantánamo Sugar Company and the Guantánamo Railroad Co. when Pita died, the inheritors of these companies were his daughters, Zoila Margarita Pita García-Chacón and Marta Isabel Pita Ariosa.

Leopoldo Hernández is a Cuban lawyer, writer, and dramatist who resides in the United States. He has written a number of books and plays, including “Teatro de la Revolución,” “La espalda,” “La consagración del miedo” and “Los hombres mueren solos.”

The Cuban Women's Club is a women's social club founded in Miami in 1969. Catering to a middle-class demographic, the club was modeled after Havana's Liceo Cubano and sponsored "luncheons, conferences, art exhibitions, and literary contests" as well as actively supporting charities and fundraising for the community.

By the mid-1970s, the organization's goals eventually expanded to address "issues pertinent [to members'] careers and their new roles in society," including conferences on "bilingual education, voting and political representation, salaries and the workplace." The club would grow to eventually accept members from all nationalities and professional and educational backgrounds.

Fernando López Fernández was a Cuban doctor and political activist who led protests against the regime of Gerardo Machado. Born in Santa Clara in 1907, he began studying medicine at the University of Havana in 1924. He was an associate professor at the University of Havana, Cuban delegate to the World Health Organization and a member of various medical associations in Cuba until 1959.

Later, Fernández was exiled from Cuba and relocated to Chicago, Illinois, where he became director of Martha Washington Hospital. He died in that city in 1975.

Rolando Lopez Dirube was a Cuban artist who lived in Puerto Rico for most of his life, from 1960 to his death in 1997. Apart from painting, he carved sculptures in wood, small and affectionate, and stone. His graphic work includes excellent wood engravings in wood, lithographs, silkscreens, etchings, and drawings in several techniques.

Very little is known of Mr. Barnette and even less is known with certainty. Robert E. McNicoll, Ph.D, former professor of Hispanic-American History at the University of Miami wrote the forewords for the two book-length manuscripts in this collection. Dr. McNicoll believes that Mr. Barnette lived in Miami, Florida for a period of about one year prior to World War II.