Overview
- He died peacefully on Saturday, November 22, at age 99, with the news announced by his son Guy on X.
- President Emmanuel Macron hailed him as “an example for all” and praised his lifelong devotion to the fight for liberty, equality and fraternity.
- Birenbaum joined the Resistance in July 1942 at 16 through the Jeunesses communistes.
- He was linked to the FTP-MOI alongside Missak Manouchian and Marcel Rajman, and he later received the Légion d'honneur in 2023.
- In February 2024 he accompanied Manouchian’s coffin into the Panthéon and published his wartime memoir, “16 ans résistant.”