Simón Radowitzky

Who is Simón Radowitzky?

Simón Radowitzky was a militant Ukrainian Argentine worker and anarchist. Simón was one of the best-known prisoners of the penal colony in Ushuaia, where he was held for the assassination of Ramón Lorenzo Falcón, a head of police responsible for the brutal repression of Red Week in 1909 in Buenos Aires. Radowitzky was pardoned after 21 years, he left Argentina and fought with the Republicans during the Spanish Civil War. He died in Mexico where he worked in a factory making toys. The story of his life is described in the travel book In Patagonia by Bruce Chatwin.