Senya Fleshin
Senya Fleshin (19 December 1894 – 19 June 1981) was a Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary and photographer.
Early life
Senya Fleshin was born in
Life in Soviet Russia
In 1917 Fleshin returned to Russia to take part in the
Soon after being released he met
Sentenced to two years' exile in a Siberian labor camp by Soviet authorities, Fleshin and Steimer declared a hunger strike on 17 November in jail in Petrograd jail, and released the next day. They were forbidden, however, to leave the city and were ordered to report to the authorities every forty-eight hours. Before long, the couple had resumed their efforts on behalf of their imprisoned comrades. On 9 July 1923, police raided their apartment and they were again placed under arrest, charged with propagating anarchist ideas, in violation of Art. 60–63 of the Soviet Criminal Code. Sequestered from their fellow prisoners, Fleshin and Steimer again declared a hunger strike. Protests to Leon Trotsky by foreign anarcho-syndicalist delegates, including Emma Goldman, who wrote a personal letter of protest to a congress of the Red International of Trade Unions (Profintern) eventually brought about their release. This time, however, they were notified of their impending expulsion from the country. On 27 September 1923, Fleshin and Steimer were officially deported, and placed aboard a ship bound for Germany.[4]
Later career
Together with Molly Steimer, Fleshin opened a photographic studio in Berlin. Fleshin was active in the Joint Committee for the Defense of Revolutionaries (1923–26), and the Relief Fund of the International Working Men's Association for Anarchists (1926–32).[5]
When
After seven weeks of imprisonment, Steimer, aided by French anarchist friends, including May Picqueray, editor of Le Réfractaire,[7] managed to escape Camp Gurs during its chaotic turnover to Vichy control.[7] Picqueray helped smuggle Fleshin and Steimer out of the country to Mexico, where they settled, running a photography studio.[8]
Death
Senya Fleshin died in Mexico City, on 19 June 1981, aged 86.[9]
References
- ^ Avrich 1988, pp. 222–223.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-691-03412-6.
- ISBN 978-1-55111-629-7, p. 350: By late 1922, there were few anarchists left, especially in the major cities; most had been arrested and either jailed or shot in the cellars of the Cheka.
- ^ a b Avrich 1988, p. 223.
- ^ Avrich 1988, pp. 223–224.
- ^ Polenberg 1999, p. 361.
- ^ a b Magnone, Fabrice, Le Libertaire (1919–1956): De la Révolution espagnole à la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Ch. III, Sec. C: La Seconde Guerre Mondial, parcours politique du journal Picqueray profile Archived 2008-05-22 at the Wayback Machine; accessed 22 March 2014.
- ^ Avrich 1988, pp. 225–226.
- ^ Avrich 1988, p. 226.
Bibliography
- ISBN 0-691-00609-1.
- Polenberg, Richard (1999) [1987]. Fighting Faiths: The Abrams Case, the Supreme Court, and Free Speech. OCLC 42275046.
External links
- Senya Flechin page from the Daily Bleed's Anarchist Encyclopedia