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14 August 1917: Death of Eugene Vigo in a Fresnes Cell

On the night of August 13-14, 1917, Eugène Bonaventure Vigo, dit Miguel Almereyda, an anti-military anarchist activist, father of filmmaker Jean Vigo, died strangled in his cell in Fresnes prison. Born on January 5, 1883 in Béziers (Hérault), he was very early orphaned by his father. In 1898, he arrived in Paris to try his luck which did not smile at him; an apprentice photographer, he was an accomplice in a flight worth 2 months in prison. Revo…
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On the night of August 13-14, 1917, Eugène Bonaventure Vigo, dit Miguel Almereyda, an anti-military anarchist activist, father of filmmaker Jean Vigo, died strangled in his cell in Fresnes prison. Born on January 5, 1883 in Béziers (Hérault), he was very early orphaned by his father. In 1898, he arrived in Paris to try his luck which did not smile at him; an apprentice photographer, he was an accomplice in a flight worth 2 months in prison. Revo…

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paris-luttes.info broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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