Salomon Wolf Willy Schapiro (also Szapiro or Schapira) (25 May 1910 in
Skala
Skala may refer to:
Places Greece
* Skala, Patmos, the main port on the island of Patmos in Greece
* Skala, Laconia, a municipality in southern Greece
* Skala, Xanthi, a settlement in north-eastern Greece
* Skala, Cephalonia, a resort in the ...
,
Poland – 21 February 1944, executed at the fort
Mont Valérien
Mont may refer to:
Places
* Mont., an abbreviation for Montana, a U.S. state
* Mont, Belgium (disambiguation), several places in Belgium
* Mont, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France
* Mont, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in France
* Mont, ...
), was a Polish Jew, and a soldier in the
FTP-MOI
The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an arm ...
French liberation army in the
Manouchian group
The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an arm ...
).
Youth
Schapiro left Poland around 1930 and emigrated to
Palestine
__NOTOC__
Palestine may refer to:
* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
. He developed a workers' organisation whose aim was to hunt the British power which controlled the region after the dismantling of the
Ottoman empire in 1918. His activities brought about his arrest, then expulsion. He subsequently emigrated to
Austria from 1933 to 1939.
Second world war
In 1938, at the time of the ''
Anschluss'', Schapiro fled to Paris via Switzerland where he worked as a furrier, living in the
9th arrondissement. He joined the
FTP-MOI
The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an arm ...
in May 1943. He was arrested on 27 October 1943 in an attack on a German military convoy. He was tortured but did not reveal any information about his network.
Schapiro was condemned to death by the occupier, and he was executed by shooting at the fort
Mont Valérien
Mont may refer to:
Places
* Mont., an abbreviation for Montana, a U.S. state
* Mont, Belgium (disambiguation), several places in Belgium
* Mont, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France
* Mont, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in France
* Mont, ...
on 21 February 1944 with 23 members of the Manouchian group.
See also
*
Francs-tireurs et partisans - Main-d'œuvre immigrée
The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an arm ...
*
Francs-tireurs et partisans
*
Main-d'œuvre immigrée
*
Affiche rouge
External links
La journée d'un "Terroriste"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schapiro, Willy
1910 births
1944 deaths
People executed by Germany by firearm
People from Kraków County
Polish Jews who died in the Holocaust
Jews in the French resistance
Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss
Polish people executed by Nazi Germany
Executed people from Lesser Poland Voivodeship
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany