Curial Cambrai in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Maurice Korzec
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 2024
1. Maurice Korzec Marker
Maurice Korzec
Sous-Lieutenant F.T.P.F
Mort pour la France
Fusillé par les allemands
le 13 septembre 1943
à l'âge de 19 ans
Here resided Maurice Korzec, Second Lieutenant F.T.P.F. Died for France
Shot by the Germans on September 13, 1943 at the age of 19.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is September 13, 1943.
Location. 48° 53.729′ N, 2° 22.775′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Curial Cambrai. It is on Rue Alphonse Karr. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 37 Rue Alphonse Karr, Paris, Île-de-France 75019, 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: École Élémentaire Barbanègre Deported Jewish Students Memorial
this page online
Also see . . . Plaque à la mémoire de Maurice Korzec (Musée de la Résistance en ligne). Excerpt (in translation):
… From 1942, Maurice Korzec was part of a resistance group of the Young Communists. On March 1, 1943, he joined the Marat detachment (FTP-MOI, Marseille sector) where he was appointed head of a shock group. He took part in numerous attacks. To carry out these actions, he disguised himself as an elegant young girl, a railway worker, a street sweeper, etc. On April 3, 1943, he placed his first bomb under the window of a German barracks in Estaque (Marseille). On May 8, he and his comrades blew up sixteen transformers that supplied electricity to factories serving the occupier.(Submitted on November 8, 2024.)On May 18, he detonated a bomb in front of a German cantonment on Rue de l’Eclipse. On May 24, with his group, he destroyed six locomotives in the Arenc station (Marseille) with a bomb. On the 29th, he blew up twelve tanker cars in the same station. On June 5, 1943, while he was covered by two comrades (Albéric D’Alessandri and Marcel Bonein), Maurice Korzec threw a bomb into the entrance hall of the Capitole, a soldatenkino (cinema requisitioned by the Wehrmacht), located in the center of Marseille, at around 9:30 p.m. Several soldiers and a few civilians were injured. Maurice Korzec, himself injured during this operation, was arrested under the false identity of Henri Marcellin. He was imprisoned in Marseille. Maurice Korzec was tortured and spent days tied up in a bathroom. He was transferred to Montluc prison (Lyon, Rhône).Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 20242. Maurice Korzec Marker - wide view
He was sentenced to death by a German military tribunal on September 8, 1943 and shot by the Germans at Fort Montluc on September 13, 1943. He wrote a final letter to his loved ones on September 8, 1943. On the wall of his cell in Montluc, he wrote: "I die with courage so that France may live." His executionand those of Marcel Bonein and Albéric D'Alessandri were announced on November 3, 1943, in the regional press, by a German press release that presented him as "the Jew Corzes". Found in the mass grave of La Doua (Villeurbanne, Rhône) after the war, his body was buried in the cemetery of the national necropolis of La Doua.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 20243. Maurice Korzec Marker - wider view
Credits. This page was last revised on November 8, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 8, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 139 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 8, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
