An activist of the Building Action League in Geneva, he collaborated with the Réveil anarchiste and the International Center for Research on Anarchism (Lausanne).

A construction worker, he joined the Building Action League where he befriended the anarchists Luigi Bertoni (editor of Il Risveglio anarchico) and Lucien Tronchet.

[1] On November 9, 1932, he took part in the demonstration to prevent the holding of a public conference of the National Union, a fascist political party created by Georges Oltramare, in the communal hall of Plainpalais in Geneva.

After several soldiers were assaulted and disarmed, the officers gave the order to open fire, killing thirteen people and injuring 65 others.

[3][4] During the Spanish Civil War, he procured arms for the companions of the CNT and took charge of orphans, and was expelled from France for these actions.