A short biography of Algerian anarchist, mechanic and French Resistance fighter Albert Guigui-Theral.
Albert Guigui-Theral
Born 1903 - Algeria, died later than 1945 - place and date unknown
Born in Algeria, raised in Paris, Guigui-Theral returned to Algeria in 1918, working as a mechanic. As an activist he was involved in the metal workers' strikes and sent to jail for his anarchist propaganda.
He returned to Paris in 1922, losing numerous of jobs because of his activites. Following an unfruitful effort to organise a phalanstery in Algeria, he returns to France, joining the "Fédération C.G.T des Métaux", where he fought the influence of the Communist Party.
In 1928, he collaborates in the newspaper "Le Libertaire" until his work took him to the U.S. Upon his return to France, he becomes a typesetter's corrector in 1932, & active in "l'Union Départementale CGT de la Région Parisienne". Here, in 1936, he was in charge of providing assistance to the Spanish syndicalists.
Guigui-Theral was arrested in June 1940, then released. He then escaped into the "free zone" and joined the anti-Nazi resistance with the famed resistance leader Jean Moulin.
For the "CGT clandestine" he worked to gain the assistance of General de Gaulle in London, & then in Philadelphia with the OIT (International Labour Organization).
He re-entered Paris with the liberation armies, and in the post-war period was assigned to a post Geneva for the OIT.
From the Daily Bleed
