Simón Radowitzky
Argentine worker and anarchist (1891-1956) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Simón Radowitzky (10 September or 10 November 1891 – 29 February 1956) was a militant Argentine worker and anarchist. He was one of the best-known prisoners of the penal colony in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, where he was held for the assassination of Ramón Lorenzo Falcón, a head of police responsible for the brutal repression of Red Week in 1909 in Buenos Aires.
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Симон Радовицький | |
Born | Szymon Radowicki (1891-09-10)10 September 1891 |
Died | 26 February 1956(1956-02-26) (aged 64) |
Nationality | Ukrainian Argentine |
Occupation(s) | Social and political activist, writer, revolutionary |
Known for | Expropriations Assassination of Ramón Lorenzo Falcón |
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Radowitzky was pardoned after 21 years, he left Argentina and fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He died in Mexico where he worked in a factory making toys.[1] The story of his life is described in the travel book In Patagonia by the English author Bruce Chatwin.