Robert Witchitz

Robert Witchitz (5 August 1924, in Abscon – 21 February 1944, in Mont Valérien) was a volunteer soldier in the French liberation force FTP-MOI in the group of Missak Manouchian.

Witchitz was born on 5 August in Abscon, in the Nord department, to a miner of Polish origin [citation needed] and a French woman.

He was brought up by his grandparents, staying in his village of birth until the age of five, then moving to the Paris region where he attended a secular school.

Each time he heard from the press or elsewhere of the death of a German or a collaborator, he rejoiced and remarked to his father that there were still men, and good Frenchmen.

Witchitz' parents eventually did not receive authorization to visit him until the day after he had been shot at Mont Valérien on 21 February 1944 with 23 members of the Affiche Rouge.