14th Arrondissement in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Louis Brelivet

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2024

1. Louis Brelivet Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici est tombé le 15 août 1944
Louis Brelivet
Gardien de la Paix, age de 27 ans
Mort pour la liberation de la France

(English translation:)
Here on August 15, 1944, fell policeman Louis Brelivet, age 27. Died for the liberation of France.

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 15, 1944.

Location. 48° 49.342′ N, 2° 19.469′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in 14th Arrondissement. It is on Avenue Ernest Reyer. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 43 Avenue Ernest Reyer, Paris, Île-de-France 75014, 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: Auguste Mauclerc

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(a few steps from this marker); Square du Serment de Koufra / “Square of the Oath of Kufra” 1954 (within shouting distance of this marker); Lt. E. Laurent Memorial (about 240 meters away, measured in a direct line); Gustave Pommier (approx. 0.2 kilometers away); France Clidat (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Frédo Serazin (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); France Bloch-Serazin (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Vladimir Ilitch Lénine / Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . BRÉLIVET Louis, François, Marie (Le Maitron, in French).

Excerpt (in translation): On August 15, 1944 around 8 p.m. a shooting broke out on Rue de la Voie Verte in front of the former bus depot occupied by German soldiers in the 14th arrondissement, then Porte d'Orléans. Wehrmacht soldiers returned fire towards the church of Montrouge and the Porte de Chatillon. Elements of the Wehrmacht deployed on Avenue d’Orléans and asked passers-by and residents to enter the buildings. According to the testimony of Huguette B… who accompanied Louis Brélivet, the latter fired his administrative
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2024

2. Louis Brelivet Marker - wide view
weapon at an officer and a German soldier, injuring them. Around 10:30 p.m., two plainclothes guards sent by the commissioner discovered his body lying on the ground in front of 43 rue Ernest Reyer, a large wound on his left side seemed to indicate that he had been killed by a grenade shrapnel...

(Submitted on April 30, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on April 30, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 155 times since then and 6 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.