Thirty-four French libertarians or volunteers with anarchist militias who died in Spain[1]

"Times New Roman"'>Badard/Baudard, Roger

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Baudard/Baudart, Juliette

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Bégué/Béguez, Jean

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Belchite, September 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Berard, Mario

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Berge/Bergé, Raymond

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Berthomieu/Berthonnieux

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Boff, Emile

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Casa del Campo, 12 November 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Boudoux

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Casteu, Eugénie[2]

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>1937.

"Times New Roman"'>Charrang[eau?], Georges

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Chatelain, Lucien

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>March 1937.

"Times New Roman"'>Colombet, Philippe

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Codo, August 1937.

"Times New Roman"'>Cottin, Emile

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Farlete, 8 September 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Coyne, Sénateur [?]

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Barcelona (bombing raid).

"Times New Roman"'>Delalain, Jean

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Delaruelle, Henri

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Détang, Max

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Missing at Albacete, December 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Ferrand, Jean

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Barna, 5 May 1937.

"Times New Roman"'>Fons

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Santa Quiteria, April 1937.

"Times New Roman"'>Galissot, René

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Gérard, Marcel

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Missing at Teruel, December 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Gessaume, Georges

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Missing at Tortosa, 26 July 1938.

"Times New Roman"'>Giral/Giralt, Jean

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Greffier, Marcel

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Cuesta de la Reina.

"Times New Roman"'>Hans, Suzanne

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Farlete, November 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Kokoczinski, Georgette

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Lemère

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Farlete, 8 September 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Meller, Bernard

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Missing at Huesca, November 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Monnard, Georges

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Quinto, December 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>R????s[?], Yves [?]

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Rajaud, Maurice

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>No further information.

"Times New Roman"'>Recoulis [/les/ls], Louis

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Farlete, November 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Trontin, Jean

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

"Times New Roman"'>Vitrac, Yves

10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Perdiguera, 17 October 1936.

Fifteen[3] of the French members of the International Group of the Durruti Column killed during the nationalist offensive at Perdiguera, 17 October 1936

Badard/Baudard, Roger

No further information.

Baudard/Baudart, Juliette

No further information.

Berard, Mario

No further information.

Berge/Bergé, Raymond

Berge/Bergé had left for Spain in September.

Berthomieu/Berthonnieux

Berthomieu, &#821general delegate’ of the International Group since its creation, had been a captain of artillery during the Great War, and had been living in Barcelona for some time.

Boudoux

Boudoux died alongside several other members of the St.-Denis anarchist group of whom we know nothing.

Charrang[eau?], Georges

No further information. Is this Chaffaugeon of the Jeunesses Communistes of Lyon, who was also a member of the International Group and who died in the same battle?[4]

Delalain, Jean

No further information.

Delaruelle, Henri

Actually a member of the ‘Italian Column’, according to one document, wheras he died at Perdiguera according to another.

Galissot, René

No further information.

Giral/Giralt, Jean

Giral/Giralt was a member of the International Group of the Durruti Column from very early on. He was involved in the taking of Siétamo and was hospitalized in Barcelona.

His death at Perdiguera was reported in le Combat syndicaliste, which suggests he may have been a member of the CGTSR. According to Ridel, Giralt was a member of the Paris JEUNES, and “fell as he was taking position at the head of his group”.[5]

Kokoczinski, Georgette

‘Georgette’, as she was referred to, was captured and executed by the Francoists. She was a nurse with the Durruti Column, but also took part in attacks behind nationalist lines with the ‘Sons of the Night’ (Hijos de la Noche).[6] According to Paz she was a “sort of mascot of the column”. She had been well-known to those involved with le Libertaire "Times New Roman"'>, l’Insurgé, l’en dehors and especially la Revue anarchiste, and had performed at anarchist ‘galas’ under the name of Mimosa.

R????s[?], Yves [?]

Name barely legibile. No further information.

Trontin, Jean

Trontin was a supporter of Pivert’s Gauche révolutionnaire and a member of the Section socialiste of Oyonnax (Ain), though he lived in Colombes (Seine) and was sometimes active in Lyon.[7]

Vitrac, Yves

No further information.

Forty-two French members of the

Centurie Sébastien Faure

Angelo, Joseph

No further information.

Blot, Roger

No further information.

Bonin, Raoul

No further information.

Carbonic/Carbonie, Lucien

No further information.

Chatelain, Lucien

Having gone to Spain early on in the civil war, Chatelain died in combat in March 1937. Representatives of the Union anarchiste, the anarchist Comité pour l’Espagne libre and le Libertaire attended his funeral.

Colder, Jacques

Colder was a member of the CNT.

Couillard, Henri

No further information.

Danné, Jules

No further information.

Dejoucklere, Désiré

No further information.

Ducourneau, Gabriel

No further information.

Duvernet, Georges

No further information.

Ethes/Etaes, Louis

No further information.

Ferrero, Emile

No further information.

Foilleret, Roger

No further information.

Gessaume, Georges

According to the DBMOF, a Georges ‘Gesseaume’ volunteered to fight in Republican Spain, fought at Zapadores and was posted missing at Tortosa, 26 July 1938.

Goirand, Jules

The anarchist Goirand, also known under the pseudonym Transcoserp, was 41 in 1936. He was a member of the Century probably from its creation until at least the end 1937.

Grignon

Grignon was the ‘political delegate’ of the century in February 1937.

Grimalt, Paul

No further information.

Hachon, Gaston

No further information.

Jorat, Georges

This was the pseudonym adopted by the 16 year old Georges Sossenko in order to prevent his parents tracking him down. He was present at Caspe, at Azaila and on the Ebro.

Léger, Robert

Born in 1915, Léger was a member of the Conseil de la Chambre syndicale des cuisiniers (CGT) in Paris, of the Jeunesses syndicalistes "Times New Roman"'>and of the Jeunesses anarchistes comunistes, and originally went as a representative of his union to work at the International Brigades’ HQ as a cook.[8] Forced to leave for political reasons, he went to Barcelona, where he worked for internal security and border control. At some point - though it is unclear exactly when - he was also a member of the Centurie S. Faure.

Lemoine, Marius

No further information.

Lesenne, Alfred

No further information.

Letdely, Fernand

No further information.

Leyteron, Jean

No further information.

Martin, Jean

A Martin - but which? - was delegate of the Century at the end of 1936. Jean Martin was still at the front in July 1937.

Martin, Paul

See above.

Mayol, Jean

Mayol was a member of the Century from early on in the war until at least the end of 1937.

Monnard, Georges

Monnard was delegate of the ‘1st Century’ of the IG of the Durruti Column (ie. the S. Faure Century). He was killed in an attack on Quinto in December 1936, having only joined the Century a short while before.

Montagut, Marcel

Is this the same Marcel Montagut who was a member of the Union anarchiste in Paris and managing editor of le Libertaire in 1930-32?

Mougeot, André

Mougeot was a member of the Century around July 1937.

Neveu, René-A.

Neveu was a member of the Century around October 1936.

O., S.

O., S. was a member of the Century around July 1937.

Odéon, Pierre

The 33 year old Odéon was a leading member of the UA, the Comité pour l’Espagne libre and, later, Solidarité internationale antifasciste "Times New Roman"'>. At the front at Caspe in August 1936, he helped create the Century. Having returned to do propaganda work in France in September, he rejoined the Century and took part in battles at Farlete and Perdiguera.

Ortolani, René

No further information.

Patou, Lucien

No further information.

Roche, Georges Joseph

Roche was with the Century from October 1936 to January 1937. When arrested on his return to France, he told police he had been ‘recruited’ by the UA.

Rohard, Fernand

No further information.

Rousseles, Albert

No further information.

Segara, Augustin

No further information.

Turmo, Antoine

The anarcho-syndicalist Turmo was a member of the Century until at least November 1936.

Wittner, Alexander

No further information.

Twenty-four members of the Section française, Barcelona, July 1936 - May 1937

Bernard

A CNT report accuses Bernard of having written a “fantastical, poetic report” about Augustin Souchy’s activities in Germany on the basis of material given him by the DAS. The report also claims that Bernard, along with Marchal, was asked by the CNT Propaganda Bureaux to do a tour of French volunteers in the International Brigades, and that they refused on the grounds they had things to do in France.

Is this the same Bernard who was a leader of the Fédération libertaire "Times New Roman"'> of Béziers (Hérault) in 1926?

Chatris

Joint treasurer with Pantais, at least as early as December 1936 and until March 1937.

Chauvet, Etienne

Elected Section representative at the Spartacus Barracks in March 1937. Also a member of the Durruti Column.

Chéron, Georges

Chéron was a member of the Section in March 1937. According to one source, Chéron was a militiaman and also worked in the armaments industries; at first a supporter of the POUM, he later moved to the CNT. According to the DBMOF, he was in the PC until 1934, then in the trotskyist PCI and POI; he fought with a POUM unit. He also fought on the barricades in May 1937.

Danjean, Henri

No further information.

Danon, Félix

Elected librarian/archivist in March 1937.

Defèche, Emile

Defèche was a member of the French Section and of the CNT. He was also a combatant - with the IG of the Durruti Column according to one source, the Hilario Zamora Column according to another.

Dessaigne

In January 1937, Dessaigne was delegated by the Section, along with Danjean, Fortin and Schlauder, to approach the Regional Committee of the CNT about the lack of financial support.

Dupoux, Jean

Delegate in Barcelona of the Fédération anarchiste française.

Fortin, Fernand

Fortin was propaganda delegate of the Section until he was expelled in April 1937 after a political dispute (see Berry 1989). He was a member of both the CNT and the FAI (he was the representative of the ‘Mimosa’ FAI group), and worked for the CNT-FAI propaganda section. He was allowed regular visits to the Carcel Modelo 10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> as official representative of the French anarchist prisoners. According to the DBMOF, he was also a combatant.

François, Roger

Section representative at the Spartacus Barracks until February 1937, when he resigned. [See appendix 6]

Henry/Henri

Henry/Henri was a member of the Commission administrative of the FAF. He was a member of the Section in January 1937.

Lobel, Alfred

This 57 year-old, Parisian métallo was a delegate to the Union départementale CGTSR of Isère. Lobel fought with the anarchist militias on the Saragossa front and was a vigorous opponent of ‘militarisation’. He was elected assistant secretary of the French Section in March 1937, but by December he was back in Grenoble.

In a report to the CNT, Lobel was accused of having worked with the &#822French secret police” and of having published a damaging article in the “police press”.

Marchal, Charles Fernand

A member of the FAF, Marchal did propaganda work on the Madrid front, according to the Seccion Francesa de Propaganda CNT-FAI. According to a report to the CNT, he was asked by the CNT Propaganda Bureaux, along with Bernard, to do a tour of French volunteers in the International Brigades, and they refused, claiming they had things to do in France.

Mirande, Alexandre

Mirande was elected the CGTSR’s representative in Spain by the Conseil confédéral national of 23 October 1936; the AIT Paris Plenum, 15-17 November 1936 elected him its representative with the CNT. He attended French Section meetings in November 1936.

Mouret/Muret/Meuret, Raymond

Also a member of the Durruti Column, Mouret fought at Farlete. He would be elected to the secretariat of ARME at its constituent assembly in Paris in April 1938.

Odette

Odette was a member of the Section in January 1937.

Pantais, Roger[9]

A 22 year-old self-employed car mechanic, Roger Pantais arrived in Spain in August 1936 and left in May 1937. He was joint treasurer of the French Section with Chatris, at least as early as December 1936 and until March 1937. He also attended meetings of the Comité anarchiste international "Times New Roman"'>. He was at Durruti’s funeral, and in Barcelona in May 1937: “Pour nous Français la situation devient difficile”. He returned to Puigcerdá (after the death of Antonio Martin), where he took part in patrols with Italian comrades before returning to France.

Philippe

Having served as a militiaman on the Aragon front, Philippe took part in the French Section tour of the front at the end of 1936. He visited Danon and other French prisoners in the Carcel Modelo in summer 1937.

Prince, René

Prince - pseudonym of Georges Marcel Desbois - was a representative of the FAF in Barcelona.

René

René was the Section’s driver. He also used to visit the French prisoners in the Carcel Modelo.

Schlauder, Marcel

Schlauder was secretary of the French Section by December 1936 at the latest, and was re-elected in March 1937. According to a report to the CNT, Schlauder and others wanted the Section to take part in security operations, but they were refused by Escorza (the Spanish comrade responsible) because of their &#822past behaviour”.

Is this the same Schlauder who in 1934 was one of the secretaries of the CGTSR groupe intercorporatif of Marseille?

Schwab, Julien

Schwab was referred to in a report to the CNT as being a member of the Section; he was also criticized for the damage he had allegedly done to the propaganda effort. He was arrested in May 1937.

Styr-Nhair

A member of the Section from at least February 1937, Styr-Nhair was elected treasurer in March 1937. He also worked as a propagandist for the CNT-FAI until April or May 1938.