Père-Lachaise in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Nous sommes 900 Français
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We are 900 Frenchmen (Convoy 73) Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 2024
1. Nous sommes 900 Français / We are 900 Frenchmen (Convoy 73) Memorial Marker
Inscription gravée au Fort IX de Kaunas par des deportés du convoi 73.
A la mémoire des 878 hommes juifs déportés de Drancy le 15 de mai 1944 a Kaunas (Lituanie) et Reval-Tallinn (Estonie).
22 sont revenus en 1945.
Les familles et amis des deportes du Convoi 73
We are 900 Frenchmen
Inscription engraved at Fort IX in Kaunas by deportees of Convoy 73.
In memory of the 878 Jewish men deported from Drancy on May 15, 1944 to Kaunas (Lithuania) and Reval-Tallinn (Estonia).
22 returned in 1945.
Families and friends of the deportees of Convoy 73
Erected by Les familles et amis des deportes du Convoi 73.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. In addition, it is included in the The Holocaust series list. A significant historical date for this entry is May 14, 1944.
Location. 48° 51.603′ N, 2° 24.01′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Père-Lachaise. It can be reached from Avenue Circulaire. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Paris, Île-de-France 75020, 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.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Dachau Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Buchenwald-Dora Concentration Camp Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp Memorial
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More about this memorial. The memorial is in Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Section 77, at the top of a rise, near the wall. It isn’t easy to see from any distance, but finding it isn’t difficult once one has located the main group of Holocaust memorials or the Mur de Federes in Section 77.
Also see . . . Convoy 73 at Wikipedia (in French).
"The families of the victims only learned of the destination of this convoy in the mid-1990s, fifty years after the fact, in particular with the discovery of an inscription on a wall of the Ninth Fort "We are 900 French."(Submitted on August 3, 2024.)
Additional keywords. Holocaust
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 19, 2024
2. Nous sommes 900 Français / We are 900 Frenchmen (Convoy 73) Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on August 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 19, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 300 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on April 19, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. 2. submitted on August 15, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
