Spartaco Fontano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Spartaco Fontano

French resistance member; executed by Nazi Germany

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1922

Place of Birth: Monfalcone, Friuli–Venezia Giulia, Italy

Date of Death: 21-Feb-1944

Profession: lathe operator

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Spartaco Fontanot (born 17 January 1922 at Monfalcone, Italy, and died 21 February 1944, at Fort Mont-Valérien, France) was one of the members of the French resistance shot at Mont Valérien as a member of the Manouchian group.
He was an Italian volunteer soldier in the French liberation army FTP-MOI.
His name is one of the ten featured on the "affiche rouge", the propaganda poster displayed by the Germans during the trial of the 23 members of the Manouchian group.
His photograph is also on the poster, with the caption "Fontanot, Italian communist, 12 attacks".