Western Europe
Faure, Sébastien, 1858-1942
A short biography of French anarchist a writer, Sébastien Faure.
Auguste Louis Sebastien Faure
Born 1858 - Saint-Etienne, France, died 1942 - Royan, France
Garcia, Benigno Andrade, ?-1952
A short biography of Spanish anarchist locksmith and guerrilla resistance fighter Benigno Andrade Garcia.
Benigno Andrade Garcia
Born date unknown - Spain, died 26 July 1952 - La Coruna, Spain
Benigno was known as Foucellas after the village in La Corunna where he was born. In 1936 before the start of the civil war he was working with a locksmith in Mesia and was member of the anarcho-syndicalist union the CNT.
Guillen, Manuel Lozano, 1904-1945
A short biography of Spanish anarcho-syndicalist militant Manuel Lozano Guillen, who was executed by General Franco's government in 1945.
Born in Belver de Cinco into a poor peasant family in 1904, Manuel emigrated at an early age to Catalonia, working as a labourer in various jobs. As a militant in the anarchist trade union the CNT he was persecuted by the police and exiled in France during the Primo de Rivera dictatorship.
Henry, Emile, 1872-1894
A short biography of French anarchist and protagonist of 'propaganda by deed', Emile Henry.
Not many people have heard of Emile Henry, which is surprising really.
He was born in 1872 in Spain, the son of an exiled Paris Communard. He returned to Paris with his family, and became a student at the Prestigious Ecole Polytechnique. However, he chose to abandon his studies in favour of "propaganda by deed".
Hoy, Senna, 1882-1914
A short biography of German Jewish anarchist and gay liberationist Senna Hoy.
Senna Hoy was born Johannes Holzmann in 1882 into a well-off Jewish family. He is mentioned as a member of Helen Blavatsky’s Theosophical circle in Berlin in 1903, when he would have been eighteen.
Jelinek, Wilhelm 'Willi', 1889-1952
Biographical information about Willi Jelinek, and information about the anarchist movement in post-war East Germany under Russian occupation.
The dark night of Willi Jelinek
Wilhelm Jelinek, or Willi as he was known, was born in Germany on Christmas day in 1889.
He lived in Zwickau, an industrial town in Saxony, in the former East Germany, not far from Chemnitz and the Czech border.
Jiménez, José Ruiz, 1906-2002
Biographical information about Spanish anarcho-syndicalist José Ruiz Jiménez.
José Ruiz Jiménez died, aged 96, on the 1st June 2002; With his death, the Extremeño region has lost its oldest militant and its most intimate connection with the origins of anarcho-syndicalism.
Khanifar, Gerard Ali, 1950-1997
A short biography of French anarchist and Michelin worker Gerard Ali Khanifar.
This French comrade of Arab origin has died on 21 February 1997. Born on 10 August 1950 he went to the schools organised by Michelin for their workers.
