Sevran in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
Sevran Municipal Memorial
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 3, 2024
1. Sevran Municipal Memorial Marker
(To the mayors, municipal councilors and municipal workers who died as victims of Nazi barbarity)
Gaston Bussière, Maire. (Mayor)
Gaston Levy, Adjoint. (Assissant)
Jean Cayet, Conseiller. (Councilor)
Georges Denancé, Conseiller. (Councilor)
Maurice metais, Conseiller. (Councilor)
Charles Veron, Ouvrier Communal. (Municipal Worker)
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
Location. 48° 56.347′ N, 2° 31.722′ E. Memorial is in Sevran, Île-de-France, in Seine-Saint-Denis. It is on Rue Roger le Maner. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 5 Rue Roger le Maner, Sevran, Île-de-France 93270, 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.
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More about this memorial. The plaque is attached to the side of a municipal building (which is currently undergoing renovation).
Also see . . . Résistance française à Sevran (Wikipedia, in French). The article, “French resistance in Sevran”, contains information on several of the people listed on the plaque. Excerpt (in translation):
Gaston Bussière: Born in Paris on December 31, 1902, Gaston Bussière was the communist mayor of Sevran in 1939. Taken hostage by the Nazis, he was shot(Submitted on December 12, 2024.)on September 21, 1942 at Mont-Valérien.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, November 3, 20242. Sevran Municipal Memorial - wide view
Jean Cayet: Jean Eugène Cayet, a railway employee, became a municipal councilor under Gaston Bussière, and like him, was a member of the Resistance. On June 20, 1940, he was arrested by the French police and imprisoned in Fresnes. He was then interned in Pontoise, then transferred to the Aincourt camp (Seine-et-Oise). There he found his resistance friends imprisoned with him, including Gaston Lévy, Georges Denancé, Maurice Métais. Then transferred to Compiègne, he was taken to the death camps on July 6, 1942. He died in Dachau on January 23, 1945.
Georges Denancé: Georges Denancé was born on September 24, 1891 in Laval. He died in deportation in 1942. He lived at 96, avenue de Bourgogne, which became rue Georges Denancé after the liberation.
Gaston Levy: A metallurgist by trade, Gaston Levy settled in Sevran around 1928. He became a municipal councillor under Gaston Bussière from 1931 to 1939. A communist activist, he had the same background as Jean Cayet, Georges Denancé, Maurice Métais, also municipal councillors; he joined them at the Aincourt camp (Seine et Oise) and died on 16 November 1943 in Auschwitz. He lived in Sevran, at 18, rue des Pâquerettes. After the liberation this street became rue Gaston Lévy.
Maurice Metais: Maurice Métais was born on September 20, 1892 in Bétigny-Gaular (commune of Saint-Agnan-sur-Erre in Orne). A veteran of the First World War, he served, among others, under the 103rd Infantry Regiment. Wounded several times, he was mentioned in the orders of his regiment. In 1921, he came to live in Sevran and in 1926 he was domiciled at 2 bis, avenue des Trèfles. He was a metal turner. He worked at the Westinghouse factory where he was elected union delegate to the General Confederation of Labor (CGT). Maurice Métais was elected municipal councilor under the mandate of Gaston Bussière, from 1931 to 1939. A combat companion of Georges Denancé, he had the same background as Gaston Bussière's municipal councilors, who died for France. In 1941, arrested at his home, he was taken to the Pithiviers camp, then to Aincourt (Seine-et-Oise). He died at Auschwitz on August 8, 1942. After the liberation, the rue des Trèfles took his name.
Credits. This page was last revised on December 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 180 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 12, 2024, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
