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Lise London
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15 Feb 1916
† 31 Mar 2012
Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire, France
Biography
Lise London (15 February 1916 – 31 March 2012) was a French Communist politician and activist. She participated in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War and the French Resistance during World War II. She was the widow of Artur London, a Czechoslovak communist politician and co-defendant in the Slánský Trial. Following her husband's show trial and imprisonment, she became a strong critic of Stalin and Stalinism. Élizabeth (nickname, Lise) Ricol was born Élizabeth Ricol in Mont...
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Élizabeth Ricol
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