Saint-Denis in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Jean Leick

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 18, 2024

1. Jean Leick Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici
est tombé le 24 aout 1944
le caporal
LEICK Jean
du
Regiment de Sapeurs-Pompiers de Paris
Mort pour la Libération

(English translation:)
Here on August 24, 1944 fell Corporal Jean Leick of the Paris Fire Brigade. He died for the Liberation.

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 24, 1944.

Location. 48° 56.156′ N, 2° 22.032′ E. Marker is in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, in Seine-Saint-Denis. Memorial is on Rue de Strasbourg, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 69 Rue de Strasbourg, Saint-Denis, Île-de-France 93200, France. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. La cité Saint-Rémy / The estate of Saint-Rémy (within shouting distance of this marker); Saint-Rémy: aux temps des usines / in the era of the factories (within shouting distance of this marker); Saint-Rémy: une histoire mouvementée / a restless history (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line);

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Saint-Rémy: aux origines du quartier / to the sources of the neighbourhood (about 90 meters away); Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Resistance Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Saint-Denis Municipal Cemetery Holocaust Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); L’église des Trois-Patrons (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); La Mairie / City Hall (approx. 0.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saint-Denis.

Also see . . . Plaque à la Mémoire de Jean Leick, Saint-Denis (Musée de la Résistance en ligne, in French).

Excerpt (in translation): On August 24 at 4:55 p.m., emergency services from the center of Saint-Denis were called to a fire at 69 Rue de Strasbourg. The Germans fired automatic weapons right away. The firefighters were putting out the fire when two trucks loaded with Germans opened fire there on the Rue de Strasbourg. Corporal Leick was hit by a heavy machine gun bullet and tried to get up when he then was shot down by a burst of machine gun fire. He died the same day at 10:30 p.m.

Corporal Leick was posthumously decorated on January 15, 1945 with the Croix de Guerre with palm.

(Submitted on May 11, 2024.)

Jean Leick Marker - wide view image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Andrew Ruppenstein, April 18, 2024

2. Jean Leick Marker - wide view

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 40 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.