Sylvain Itkine

Biography

Sylvain Itkine was a French actor and playwright who became involved in the Resistance during World War II. A militant trotskist, he was arrested in August 1944 and tortured by the Gestapo before being executed without speaking. Born on December 8, 1908, in Paris to a family with Jewish roots, Itkine's life was marked by his passion for theatre and his commitment to left-wing politics. He died at Fort de Côte-Lorette in August 1944.