- Birthday
- 1921-07-20
- Deathday
- 2013-07-17
- Place of Birth
- London, England, UK
Henri Alleg
ActingBiography
Harry Salem, known as Henri Alleg, born July 20, 1921 in London and died July 17, 2013 in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, was a French journalist, member of the French Communist Party (PCF), and former director of Alger Républicain. He is notably the author of "La Question," a book denouncing torture during the Algerian War. Born in London to Russo-Polish Jewish parents, Henri Alleg never fully embraced his Jewish identity due to his views on Israel as an agent of racist colonialism. Alleg spent part of his childhood in Paris where, during the Spanish Civil War, he encountered an increasing...
