Jaurès in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Isidore David Grinberg
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 2024
1. Isidore David Grinberg Marker
Isidore David Grinberg
1923-1942
Résistant communiste
Combattant
de l'Organisation Spéciale
Arrêté en mai 1942
Guillotiné par le régime de Vichy
In this building lived Isidore David Grinberg (1923-1942).
Communist resistance fighter
Fighter in the Organisation Spéciale
Arrested in May 1942. Guillotined by the Vichy regime.
Erected 2020 by Ville de Paris.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, World II. A significant historical date for this entry is August 8, 1942.
Location. 48° 52.879′ N, 2° 22.479′ E. Marker is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Jaurès. It is on Rue Bouret, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 19 Rue Bouret, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Annexe de l'état-major régional FFI / French Forces of the Interior regional headquarters (about 150 meters away, measured in a direct line); Armand Dufour (about 150 meters away); École Maternelle Armand Carrel Deported Jewish Student Memorial (about 180 meters away); Le Premier Obus de la Bertha / First Shell of the Paris Gun (approx. half a kilometer away); Square Marcel-Mouloudji (1986) (approx. half a kilometer away); La Bassin de Villette (approx. half a kilometer away); Marie Curie (approx. half a kilometer away); René Perrouault (approx. half a kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . Project Deliberation - Expose des Motifs (Ville de Paris, in French). An extract from the Ville de Paris’ Expose de Motifs, the City’s background statement for putting up the marker (in translation):
Born on 17 January 1923 in Lwów, a city then located in Poland, Isidore David Grinberg arrived in Paris at a young age. His parents, of the Jewish faith, were fleeing the unfortunately(Submitted on November 14, 2024.)common persecutions of which they were victims. A few years later, he entered the Lycée Voltaire in Paris where he was a student from 1935 to 30 November 1940, without it being clear for what reasons he interrupted his studies. At that time, he was already close to the Young Communists. Thus, on 8 November 1940, he participated in a demonstration in support of the physicist Paul Langevin, close to the PCF, who was arrested by the Gestapo and banned from teaching at the university. On 11 November 1940, he participated in the patriotic demonstration that took place on the Champs-Élysées. On November 27, he distributed leaflets in front of his high school opposing Marshal Pétain. When the police came to arrest him at his home, he escaped and went underground.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 1, 20242. Isidore David Grinberg Marker - wide view
After the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, Grinberg joined the Special Organization (OS), the armed branch of the Communist Party, a movement with which he actively participated in the Resistance. On January 8, 1942, with his comrade André Vibert, they carried out a reconnaissance on Boulevard Magenta, near a German garage. It was then that two French police officers carried out an identity check. But since André Vibert did not have any identity papers on him, and in order not to be arrested, Grinberg, in a panic, shot one of the police officers, Patrick Lécureuil. The regime in power used this case to orchestrate a campaign against the Resistance.
In May 1942, the French police arrested him. He was guillotined on August 8, 1942 in the yard of the Santé prison, and was thus the youngest resistance fighter beheaded by Vichy…
Credits. This page was last revised on November 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 14, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 14, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
