Medardo Griotto information

Medardo Griotto
Medardo Griotto
	Medardo Griotto as a young man
Born	16 February 1901; Turin, Italy
Died	28 July 1943 (aged 42); Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death	Execution by guillotine
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	Mechanic, engraver.
Years active	1923-1943
Organization	Italian Communist Party
Known for	Agent of a Soviet Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle")

Medardo Griotto (born 16 February 1901 in Turin, 22 or 28 July 1943) was an Italian militant communist activist and member of the Italian Communist Party.^[1] Trained as a engraver, Griotto became an expert forger,^[2]^[3] who became an important member in the espionage network run by Communist International (Comintern) intelligence agent Henry Robinson.^[4] Griotto was betrayed by Leopold Trepper, arrested and executed by guillotine at Plötzensee Prison.

^ Bourgeois, Guillaume (24 September 2015). La véritable histoire de l'orchestre rouge (in French). Paris: Nouveau Monde Editions. p. 87. ISBN 978-2-36942-069-9.
^ Perrault, Gilles (1969). The Red Orchestra. New York: Schocken Books. p. 325. ISBN 0805209522.
^ Pennetier, Annie. "GRIOTTO Medardo, Pietro, Carlo, Pseudonyme Dino". Maitron Fusillés. Association Pour un Maitron des fusillés et exécutés. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
^ Kesaris, Paul. L, ed. (1979). The Rote Kapelle: the CIA's history of Soviet intelligence and espionage networks in Western Europe, 1936–1945 (pdf). Washington DC: University Publications of America. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-89093-203-2.

[1] Bourgeois, Guillaume (24 September 2015). La véritable histoire de l'orchestre rouge (in French). Paris: Nouveau Monde Editions. p. 87. ISBN 978-2-36942-069-9.

[2] Perrault, Gilles (1969). The Red Orchestra. New York: Schocken Books. p. 325. ISBN 0805209522.

[Maitron-3] Pennetier, Annie. "GRIOTTO Medardo, Pietro, Carlo, Pseudonyme Dino". Maitron Fusillés. Association Pour un Maitron des fusillés et exécutés. Retrieved 28 July 2022.

[4] Kesaris, Paul. L, ed. (1979). The Rote Kapelle: the CIA's history of Soviet intelligence and espionage networks in Western Europe, 1936–1945 (pdf). Washington DC: University Publications of America. p. 283. ISBN 978-0-89093-203-2.

Medardo Griotto information

and 21 Related for: Medardo Griotto information

Medardo Griotto

Suzanne Spaak

Jacques Duclos

Rita Arnould

Ernest David Weiss

Hillel Katz

Johann Wenzel

Abraham Rajchmann

Basile Maximovitch

Willy Kruyt

Isidore Springer

Anatoly Gurevich

Leopold Trepper

Konstantin Jeffremov

Alfred Corbin

Elizabeth Depelsenaire

Anton Winterink

Germaine Schneider

Anna Maximovitch

People of the Red Orchestra

Fernand Pauriol

Medardo Griotto
Medardo Griotto as a young man
Born	(1901-02-16)16 February 1901 Turin, Italy
Died	28 July 1943(1943-07-28) (aged 42) Plötzensee Prison, Berlin, Nazi Germany
Cause of death	Execution by guillotine
Nationality	Italian
Occupation(s)	Mechanic, engraver.
Years active	1923-1943
Organization	Italian Communist Party
Known for	Agent of a Soviet Red Orchestra ("Rote Kapelle")