Victorine Brocher (1839 - 1921)

Wed Sep 04, 1839

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Victorine Brocher, born on this day on 1839, was an anarchist Parisian Communard and writer who served as a delegate to the 1881 London Anarchist Congress and First International, where she was a member of the Bakunist faction.

During the Paris Commune uprising, Victorine was arrested and sentenced to death for setting the Court of Auditors on fire. She subsequently absconded to Geneva, remaining in hiding for over a year.

Brocher was initially considered dead when her mother mistakenly identified her among the remains of those shot dead at Versailles. She later wrote a memoir detailing her experience participating in the Commune.

Brocher was also a delegate to the 1881 London Anarchist Congress and the First International, where she was a member of the Bakunist faction. Brocher was a lifelong contributor to anarchist periodicals, and co-founded and taught at Louise Michel’s international school.