Jardin des Plantes in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Michel Saltzermann
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024
1. Michel Saltzermann Marker
dit Fred
Juif de Bessarabie
Premier Commandant de la F.T.P. M.O.I.
des Bataillons Carmagnole et Liberté
A été tué par les troupes allemandes
le 19 août 1944
au 2ème jour de la libération de Paris
Il defendait le Pont d'Austerlitz
à la tête d'un groupe de partisans
Lui et ses 30 compagnons
sont Morts pour la France
Michel Saltzermann, codename “Fred” - a Jew from Bessarabia, First Commander of the F.T.P. M.O.I. of the Carmagnole and Liberté Battalions - was killed by German troops on August 19, 1944 on the 2nd day of the liberation of Paris.
He defended the Pont d'Austerlitz at the head of a group of partisans.
He and his 30 companions died for France.
Erected 2012.
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 19, 1944.
Location. 48° 50.686′ N, 2° 21.83′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Jardin des Plantes. It is at the intersection of Quai Saint-Bernhard and Place Valhubert,
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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: Monument à Jean-Baptiste Lamarck / Monument to Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Square Albert Tournaire (1926) (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Marco Lazard (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Guy Tessier (approx. half a kilometer away); Jardin Tino-Rossi (1980) (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Réseau AGIR / Network for ACTION Memorial (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Charles Nodier (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Unknown Frenchman Liberation Memorial (approx. 0.6 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
Also see . . . Michel Zaltzermann, dit Simon Fred (Musée de la Résistance en ligne, in French).
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, September 11, 2024
2. Michel Saltzermann Marker - wide view
A Bessarabian Jew, Michel Zaltzermann (or Saltzermann) arrived in France at the age of five. In the late 1930s, he was active in the Young Communists in Paris.(Submitted on November 29, 2024.)
In the fall of 1941, he joined the activists of the Jewish communist organizations in Lyon. On June 6, 1942, he took part in the first meeting at 55 boulevard de la Croix-Rousse in Lyon of what would become the headquarters of the Jewish FTP of the Southern Zone. Attending this meeting were: Jacques Ravine, Norbert Kugler, Simon Fryd, Jean Tancerman, Emile Teper in particular. It was from this core that the FTP-MOI Carmagnole and then Liberté detachments were formed.
He immediately took part in sabotage actions and, in particular, blew up the offices of the Francist newspaper L’union française, whose anti-Semitic campaigns were a call to hatred and the massacre of Jews. Integrated into the FTP-MOI, this group gave birth to the Carmagnole battalion…
... In August 1943, he took over the leadership of the Liberté detachment under the pseudonym Fred. In October 1943, he was transferred to Lyon as regional military leader and in December he was promoted to operations commissioner for the Lyon-Grenoble interregion.
Transferred to Paris in May 1944 to reinforce the Jewish patriotic militias there, he was killed on August 19 during the Parisian uprising on the barricades defending the Pont d'Austerlitz...
Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 29, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 29, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
