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Tribute to Francis Maurizot
Photographer: Kevin W.
Taken: June 27, 2015
Caption: Tribute to Francis Maurizot
Additional Description: On the police headquarters building is this tribute plaque to Francis Maurizot. It reads:
Le 19 août
le gardien de la paix
MAURIZOT Francis
est tombé ici
pour la libération de Paris
en 1944

Roughly translated, it states that a policeman by the name of Francis Maurizot died at this location during the Liberation of Paris on August 19, 1944.
Submitted: July 5, 2015, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p313995
File Size: 2.508 Megabytes

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