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Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Holocaust Memorial

 
 
Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Holocaust Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 18, 2024
1. Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Holocaust Memorial
Inscription.  
Auschwitz · Bergen-Belsen · Buchenwald · Dachau · Flossenbürg · Gross-Rosen · Maidenek · Mauthausen · Neuengamme · Ravensbruck · Sachsenhausen · Struthof

A la memoire des 240 hommes et femmes et enfants qui ont peri dans les camps d’exterminations victimes du militarisme et du nazisme allemande

Si l’echo de leurs voix faiblit nous perirons

(English translation:)
In memory of the 240 men, women and children who perished in the death camps - victims of militarism and of Nazi Germany.

If the echo of their voices weakens we will perish.
 
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.
 
Location. 48° 56.37′ N, 2° 21.85′ E. Memorial is in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, in Seine-Saint-Denis. It can be reached from Boulevard de la Commune de Paris. The memorial is located in the Saint-Denis municipal cemetery, about 150 meters due north of the main entrance on Boulevard de la Commune de Paris.
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Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 29 Boulevard de la Commune de Paris, Saint-Denis, Île-de-France 93200, 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: Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Resistance Memorial (a few steps from this marker); La cimetière / The Cemetery (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Jean Leick (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Saint-Rémy: aux temps des usines / in the era of the factories (approx. half a kilometer away); Découvrez Saint-Denis / Discover Saint-Denis (approx. half a kilometer away); La cité Saint-Rémy / The estate of Saint-Rémy (approx. half a kilometer away); La rénovation (approx. half a kilometer away); L’église des Trois-Patrons (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saint-Denis.
 
More about this memorial. The 12 names at the start of the inscription are the names of large-scale Nazi concentration camps.
 
Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Holocaust Memorial - main inscription image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 18, 2024
2. Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Holocaust Memorial - main inscription
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 5, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 142 times since then and 12 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 5, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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Jun. 5, 2026