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Birthday
February 15, 1916
Day of Death
2012-03-31
(96 years old)
Place of Birth
Montceau-les-Mines, Saône-et-Loire, France
Also Known As
Élizabeth Ricol
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 Montceau-les-Mines, France, in 1916 to parents from Spain.
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