Roquette in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe

Leon Frot

Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024

1. Leon Frot Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Ici demeurait
Leon Frot
Conseiller Municipal du
XI^èmeARR^nt
Conseiller Général de la Seine
Membre du Parti Communiste Français
Arrété le 15 novembre 1939
Fusillé par les allemands
le 13 janvier 1942 à Clairvaux
a l’age de 42 ans

(English translation:)
Here lived Leon Frot, Municipal Councilor of the 11th Arrondissement, General Councilor of the Seine, and member of the French Communist Party. Arrested on November 15, 1939. Shot by the Germans on January 13, 1942 in Clairvaux at the age of 42.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is January 13, 1942.

Location. 48° 51.375′ N, 2° 23.153′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Roquette. It is on Rue Léon Frot, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 55 Rue Léon Frot, Paris, Île-de-France 75011, 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: Square Jean Allemane (1962) (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Répression au métro Charonne / Charonne Subway Massacre

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(about 180 meters away); Le Gymnase Japy / The Japy Gymnasium (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Square Olga-Bancic (2006) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Les couvents de la rue de Charonne / The Convents of the Rue de Charonne (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Olga Bancic (1912-1944) (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); École Élémentaire Godefroy Cavaignac Deported Jewish Students Memorial (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Mémorial pour les chevaux réquisitionnés / Requisitioned Horses Memorial (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.

Also see . . . Rue Leon Front (Left in Paris). Excerpt:

Frot lived in No. 55 and was an elected 11th arrondissement Communist municipal councillor who had been sentenced to five years imprisonment on May 14 1940 by the Paris military court for distributing communist propaganda. Moved from the Sante prison to the Bourges (Cher) prison and then to Clairvaux (Aube) he was executed there on January 13 1942. Between January and May 21 political prisoners were shot at Clairvaux. This followed the German policy of first selecting Jews
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 10, 2024

2. Leon Frot Marker - wide view
and Communists in determining who should be shot in reprisals for Resistance attacks on Germans.

(Submitted on October 10, 2024.)

Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 10, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 138 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 10, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.