Porte-Saint-Denis in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Maurice Feferman

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, 2022

1. Maurice Feferman Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Le 10 mai 1942 en cet endroit
sauvagement abattu par les balles nazies
est tombé glorieusement pour la France
le F.T.P. FEFERMAN Maurice
(alias Fifi)
Agé de 21 ans

(English translation:)

On the 10th of May, 1942, at this location, Maurice Feferman (alias Fifi) of the F.T.P.(Franc-tireurs et partisans, lit. "snipers and partisans" - a communist resistance group) fell in glory for France under savage attack by Nazi guns, at the age of 21.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.

Location. 48° 52.443′ N, 2° 20.902′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Porte-Saint-Denis. Memorial is at the intersection of Rue des Petites Écuries and Rue de Faubourg poissonière, on the left when traveling east on Rue des Petites Écuries. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 58 R des Petites Écuries, Paris, Île-de-France 75010, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Camille Corot (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Hôtel de Botterel-Quintin d’Aumont

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(about 120 meters away); Eglise Saint-Eugène / Saint Eugene Church (about 120 meters away); Anatole de la Forge (about 150 meters away); Max Aub (about 150 meters away); Eugène Sartory (about 150 meters away); François-Antoine Habeneck; Hector Berlioz (about 180 meters away); Francisco Ferrer i Guardia (about 210 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Maurice Feferman (Wikipedia, in French). A short biography of Feferman.

Feferman and a co-conspirator, after being followed for months by the special police, were about to be arrested, when they retaliated with gunfire, and although seriously wounded, Feferman was able to escape. On the next day, however, "...the police (helped by passers-by) caught up with him on the rue des Petites-Écuries (10th arrondissement of Paris). Realizing he can't escape them, he swallowed a cyanide pill, shouting "Long live communism!" Long live France! and he shot the last bullet from his 6.35 mm pistol into his head, so as not to give himself up. Transported to the Hôtel-Dieu, he died there the
Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, 2022

2. Maurice Feferman Marker - wide view
next morning...."

(Submitted on September 7, 2022.)

Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 30, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 109 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 30, 2022, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.