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Between the Lines @btlbooks.com · 16/10/2025

On Oct 16, 1918, philosopher Louis Althusser was born. On Nov. 16, 1980, he strangled and killed his wife, Hélène Legotien-Rytmann, after she made plans to leave him. btlbooks.com/book/killer-...

Book cover of Killer Althusser: The Banality of Men by Francis Dupuis-Déri, Translated by Mélissa Bull. Black background with red line drawing of two overlapping circles with an arrow drooping down from the top, resembling cherries, testicles, or the symbol for male.

Graffiti on the window and door of the Raymond Aron Room at the École normale supérieure de Paris, since renamed the Hélène Legotien-Rytmann Room. "Salle Hélène Legotien-Rytmann, Résistante et sociologue. Victime de féminicide en 1980. En mémoire de Hélène Legotien-Rytmann sociologue at resistante assassinée par son mari (L. Althusser) en 1980 à l'ens. ON N'OUBLIE PAS. ON PARDONNE PAS."