Arts-et-Métiers in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Raymond Legrand
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 2, 2024
1. Raymond Legrand Marker
Raymond Legrand
arrêté pour fait
de résistance
mort en déportation
à Auschwitz
1900-1942
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 48° 52.052′ N, 2° 21.359′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Arts-et-Métiers. It is on Rue du Vertbois, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 66 Rue du Vertbois, Paris, Île-de-France 75003, 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: Rue Vaucanson Deported Jewish Children Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Le Prieuré Saint-Martin-des-Champs (about 120 meters away, measured in a direct line); Marc Seguin (about 120 meters away); Crimean War Commemorative Column (about 150 meters away); Square Émile-Chautemps (1858) (about 180 meters away);
this page online
Also see . . . Plaque en hommage au résistant Raymond Legrand (Musée de la Résistance en ligne). Excerpt (in translation):
On December 24, 1941 at 6 a.m., as part of a wave of arrests organized by the French police against former members of the International Brigades, he was arrested at his home by agents of the Arts et Metiers police station. Two days later, he was administratively interned at the Tourelles barracks, 141 Boulevard Mortier (Paris XXe).(Submitted on November 11, 2024.)
On May 5, 1942, he was one of the twenty-four internees of the Tourelles, half of them former Brigadistes, who were picked up by an escort of Feldgendarmes in order to take them to the Gare du Nord, where they joined thirteen communists taken from the depot and fourteen "administrative internees of the judicial police". They were taken to the Royallieu camp in Compiègne. On July 6, 1942, he was deported in the convoy known as the "45,000" to Auschwitz. His registration number was 45771. He died shortly after.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 2, 2024
2. Raymond Legrand Marker - wide view
The marker is visible here set in the doorway (with a bouquet hanging below). It is easy to miss.
Credits. This page was last revised on November 11, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 11, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
