Petit-Montrouge in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Gustave Pommier

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2024

1. Gustave Pommier Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Gustave Pommier
F.F.I.
est tombé ici le 21 août 1944
pour la liberation de Paris

(English translation:)
Here on August 21, 1944, fell Gustave Pommier of the French Forces of the Interior 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 21, 1944.

Location. 48° 49.421′ N, 2° 19.626′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Petit-Montrouge. It is on Rue du Père Corentin, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 70 Rue du Père Corentin, 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:

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Lt. E. Laurent Memorial (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Vladimir Ilitch Lénine / Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (about 180 meters away); Charles Le Goffic (about 210 meters away); France Clidat (about 210 meters away); Frédo Serazin (about 240 meters away); France Bloch-Serazin (about 240 meters away); Auguste Mauclerc (about 240 meters away); Louis Brelivet (approx. 0.2 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Plaque en hommage au FFI Gustave Pommier (Musèe de la Résistance en ligne, in French).

Excerpt (in translation): On August 18 at 8 p.m., the twenty-two men of Group 43, including Gustave Pommier, gathered on rue Quinault in the 15th and lent a hand to the FFI of the district. On August 21, Gustave was sent to Vincennes to recover a vehicle captured from the enemy. He was arrested on rue de la Voie-Verte (today rue du Père-Corentin). Did German soldiers discover a weapon on him? A compromising paper? He was severely beaten and then shot. His mutilated corpse was found after the liberation under a pile of sand on rue de la Tombe-Issoire.

(Submitted on May 4, 2024.)

Gustave Pommier Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 27, 2024

2. Gustave Pommier Marker - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on May 4, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 4, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 165 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 4, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.