François Le Leve

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François Le Leve (1882-1945), dans le Morbihan. Militant anarchist-syndicalist. One of the 15 who signed The Manifeste des Seize, along with Peter Kropotkin, Jean Grave & others, favoring the Allies during WWI. (Overwhelmingly, anarchists refused to take sides, opposing the slaughter in favor of class war; see, for example, Errico Malatesta.)

A member of the Resistance during WWII, Le Leve was captured & interned. He died while traveling home after being liberated.