Medardo Griotto was born on 16 February 1901 in Turin, 22 or 28 July 1943 and was an Italian militant communist activist and member of the Italian Communist Party.
10 Facts About Medardo Griotto
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Medardo Griotto was betrayed by Leopold Trepper, arrested and executed by guillotine at Plotzensee Prison.
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Medardo Griotto was the son of Giovanni Medardo Griotto and Maria Marguerite.
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Medardo Griotto became interested in communism and became a member of the Italian Communist Party and a militant communist agitator.
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Medardo Griotto became a member of the Confederation generale du travail unitaire trade union while working in the retail manufacturing workshops in the Asnieres-sur-Seine area.
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From 1940 Medardo Griotto was an agent who worked for Henry Robinson, a Communist International agent.
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Medardo Griotto served as a courier in Robinson's group in France and helped her husband in illegal work.
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Medardo Griotto was directly betrayed by Trepper, who gave his address to Karl Giering of the Sonderkommando Rote Kapelle.
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Giering had Trepper phone Medardo Griotto to arrange a meeting for the 21 December 1942, with Robinson at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, near his home, where he was to collect a message from Trepper.
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Medardo Griotto was taken to Plotzensee Prison where he was executed by guillotine on 22 July 1943.