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Montmartre in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
 

Jean Roger Debrais

 
 
Jean Roger Debrais memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 10, 2025
1. Jean Roger Debrais memorial
Inscription.  
Dans cette ecole
Jean Roger Debrais
a appris l'amour de la patrie
Jeune F.T.P.F.
Il est mort pour Elle
le 14 decembre 1943
sous les balles de l'ennemi
Il avait vingt ans

(English translation:)
In this school, Jean Roger Debrais learned love of country. A young Francs-tireurs et partisans français member, he died by bullets of the enemy on December 14, 1943. He was twenty years old.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, World II.
 
Location. 48° 53.083′ N, 2° 20.545′ E. Memorial is in Paris, Île-de-France, in Département de Paris. It is in Montmartre. It is on Place Suzanne Valadon, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1 Place Suzanne Valadon, Paris, Île-de-France 75018, 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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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Square Louise-Michel (within shouting distance of this marker); Départ de Gambetta en ballon / Departure of Gambetta by Balloon (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Le dispensaire de Clemenceau / Clemenceau’s Dispensary (about 90 meters away); Georges Clemenceau (about 90 meters away); La basilique du Sacré-Cœur (about 150 meters away); École de Orsel Deported Jewish Students Memorial (about 180 meters away); La Grande Crue de 1910 / The Great Flood of 1910 (about 180 meters away); Le parc d’artillerie de Montmartre / The Montmartre Artillery “Park” (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paris.
 
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Also see . . .  DEBRAIS Jean, Roger (Maitron, in French). Excerpt (in translation):
Born July 25, 1923 in Clichy-la-Garenne (Seine, Hauts-de-Seine), died December 14, 1943 in Paris (17th arrondissement); photoengraver; resistance fighter of the FTP, one of the longest-serving actors in the communist armed struggle in
Jean Roger Debrais memorial - wide view image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 10, 2025
2. Jean Roger Debrais memorial - wide view
His plaque is visible here just beneath the window.
Paris.
(Submitted on May 2, 2025.) 
 
Additional keywords. plaque commémorative
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 3, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 2, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 178 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 2, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
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