Max Gordon (anarchist)
Max Gordon | |
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Max Gordon's mugshot, taken by Alphonse Bertillon in 1894 | |
| Born | August 20, 1854 |
| Died | unknown |
| Occupations | usher, anarchist, nihilist |
| Movement | Anarchism |
| Spouse |
Rachel Palehoye (m. 1890) |
| Children | several, including 2 sons: David and Alexandre, 1 daughter: Eva |
Max Gordon, born on 20 August 1854 in Vilnius, and dead on an unknown date, was a Lithuanian Jewish usher, nihilist and anarchist. He began his political activism in the 1880s and was deported for five years to a Siberian labor camp for his revolutionary activities. Later, as his children integrated into the nihilist movement, he and his family moved to Paris, where he became part of the anarchist movement. He was arrested with a large number of anarchist pamphlets and propaganda materials in his possession, but the charges against him were ultimately dropped.
His police mugshot is part of the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET).