Overview
- His son, Guy Birenbaum, said on X that Robert Birenbaum died Saturday, November 22, 2025, at the age of 99.
- President Emmanuel Macron honored him on X, noting he joined the Resistance at 16 alongside Missak Manouchian and Marcel Rajman and calling him "an example for all."
- Birenbaum entered the Resistance on July 16, 1942 with the Jeunesses communistes and was associated with the FTP-MOI, a formation of largely immigrant fighters.
- He took part in the national commemoration bringing Missak and Mélinée Manouchian into the Panthéon on February 21, 2024, walking the steps with the president.
- Born in Paris to a Polish-Jewish family, he enlisted in the army in 1944, later ran a leather goods shop, and met his future wife Tauba on the day of Paris’s Liberation in 1944.