Saint-Philippe-du-Roule in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Robert Birlinger

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024

1. Robert Birlinger Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici
est tombe le 25 aout 1944
le caporal
Birlinger Robert
du
Regiment de Sapeurs Pompiers de Paris
Mort pour la liberation
de Paris

(English translation:)
Here on August 25, 1944, fell Corporal Robert Birlinger of the Paris Fire Brigade. He died for the liberation of Paris.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the Liberation of Paris series list. A significant historical date for this entry is August 25, 1944.

Location. 48° 52.29′ N, 2° 18.2′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Saint-Philippe-du-Roule. It is on Avenue des Champs-Élysées, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 92 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, Paris, Île-de-France 75008, France. Touch for directions.

Regionally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

Europe,

the European Union,

Atlantic Europe,

the Schengen Area,

Western Europe,

a coastal Mediterranean country,

and the Western World.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a French colony

and also the Roman Empire.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Thomas Jefferson (here, next to this marker); Siégé de le Gouvernement de Catalogne en Exil / Seat of the Catalonian Government in Exile (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Raimu (about 180 meters away); Albert Santos Dumont (1873-1932) (about 180 meters away); André Prochasson (about 180 meters away); Judith Gautier (about 210 meters away); Henry de La Vaulx (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Patrice de Bellaigue (approx. 0.3 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Plaque en Hommage au Caporal Robert Birlinger (Musée de la Resistance en Ligne).

Excerpt (in translation): The 4th Parisian Security Company participated in the surrender of the Majestic Hotel. Around 1:45 p.m., the first tanks of Leclerc moved from the Arc de Triomphe towards Place de la Concorde. Around 2 p.m., when the tanks of the 2nd DB arrived, near the Majestic hotel, the armed firefighters received the order to join them as riflemen. As Corporal Birlinger was crossing the Champs-Élysées with ten men to join Leclerc's division, it
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024

2. Robert Birlinger Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here to the right of the doorway, while on the left is a plaque for Thomas Jefferson.
was at that moment that a shell was fired from a German tank positioned at Place de la Concorde, which fortunately did not explode, but instead clipped the leg of the corporal, who died before arriving at the Val de Grace hospital.

(Submitted on March 31, 2024.)

Robert Birlinger Marker - wider view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, March 25, 2024

3. Robert Birlinger Marker - wider view

Credits. This page was last revised on March 31, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 31, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.