Petit-Montrouge in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Remý Dumoncel
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2024
1. Remý Dumoncel Marker
Rémy Dumoncel
1888-1945
Directeur Littéraire
aux Éditions Tallandier
Juste Parmi les Nations
Membre du Réseau
"Vélite-Thermopyles"
a résisté à l'occupant
est mort au camp de Neuengamme
le 15 mars 1945
Here Remý Dumoncel (1888-1945), literary director at Éditions Tallandier, Just Among Nations, and member of the resistance group “Velité-Thermopyles”, resisted the occupier. He died in the Neuengamme concentration camp on March 15, 1945.
Erected 2015.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is March 15, 1945.
Location. 48° 49.78′ N, 2° 19.917′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Petit-Montrouge. It is on Rue Rémy Dumoncel, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 17 Rue Rémy Dumoncel, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Michel Kikoïne (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Jean Rouch (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Maurice Taylor (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); L’École Poétique de Lunain (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Alfred Döblin, Wolfgang Döblin (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Louis Pergaud (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Geo Andre (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Gare de Denfert-Rochereau / Denfert-Rochereau Station (approx. 0.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . Remy Dumoncel (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum).
Excerpt: 1933-39: In 1935 Rémy became the mayor of Avon, a small town about 35 miles southeast of Paris. Rémy was proud of his town, which was famous for a nearby royal palace and its proximity to the forest of Fontainebleau. A strongly patriotic Frenchman, he distrusted Germany after Hitler came to power there in 1933.(Submitted on May 1, 2024.)
1940-44: In June 1940 the Germans defeated France and occupied Avonon the 16th. Rémy resolved to remain mayor and became active in a resistance group called "Velite Thermopyles." He gave financial support to Jewish and other writers whose works could no longer be published. He sheltered some Alsatian Jews in the Dordogne, where he owned a home. Using his office as mayor to protect Jews and other fugitives, he provided them with false papers, and helped them flee south to the unoccupied part of France, or to safe houses.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 20242. Remý Dumoncel Marker - wide viewThe plaque is placed outside of the former location of the offices of Éditions Tallandier, where Dumoncel was the literary director.
On May 4, 1944, Rémy was arrested in Avon by the Gestapo upon returning from a business trip to Paris. He died in the Neuengamme concentration camp on March 15, 1945.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2024
3. Remý Dumoncel Marker - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 250 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 1, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
