Robert François

Born in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime) on September 17, 1919, he joined the libertarian movement as a teenager. At 18, he was sterilized by the companions of Bordeaux (Bartosek affair). He learned at this time the profession of hairdresser. At the Liberation, Robert François established contacts with the anarchist nuclei of the cities of his department and organized numerous conferences at L'Oratoire, both from the Anarchist Federation (FA), and from the Libre Pensée or the publishing group of the newspaper Ce qu ' 'you have to saypublished by Louis Louvet and Simone Larcher. Then he went to Paris and joined the Anarchist Federation. After practicing as a hairdresser, he learned conjuring and, under the name of Mystag, became a talented il...