Montmartre in Paris in Département de Paris, Île-de-France, France — Western Europe
David Kutner
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 2025
1. David Kutner Marker
Aron Skrobek dit David Kutner
Syndicaliste
Interné 1934-1935 dans le camp d'isolement de "Bereza Kartuska" (Pologne)
Rédacteur du quotidien yiddish "Presse Nouvelle"
Cofondateur en septembre 1940 de l'organisation de résistance "Solidarité" section juive de la M.O.I.
Déporté "nuit et brouillard" au camp de Natzweiler-Struthof
Assassiné le 21 juillet 1943 au lieu dit "le ravin de la mort"
Here lived clandestinely Aron Skrobek, known as David Kutner, a trade unionist. Interned 1934-1935 in the "Bereza Kartuska" isolation camp (Poland). Editor of the Yiddish daily "Presse Nouvelle". Co-founder in September 1940 of the resistance organization "Solidarité", the Jewish section of the M.O.I. Deported "night and fog" to the Natzweiler-Struthof camp. Murdered on July 21, 1943, at a place called "the Ravine of Death".
Erected 2008.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Communications • War, World II. A significant historical year for this entry is 1940.
Location. 48° 53.126′ N, 2° 20.344′ E.
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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: Picasso (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); Le Bateau-Lavoir (about 120 meters away); La Grande Crue de 1910 / The Great Flood of 1910 (about 120 meters away); Eglise Saint-Jean-l’Evangéliste (about 120 meters away); Jean-Baptiste Clément (about 150 meters away); Maurice Drouard (about 180 meters away in Ile-de-France); Georges Clemenceau (about 180 meters away); Le dispensaire de Clemenceau / Clemenceau’s Dispensary (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map
Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 2025
2. David Kutner Marker - wide view
Also see . . .
1. Une plaque en hommage au résistant assassiné (Le Parisien, Dec. 16, 2008, in French). Excerpt (in translation):
Daniel Vaillant, the mayor of the arrondissement, and Catherine Vieu-Charrier, deputy mayor of Paris in charge of remembrance, will unveil a plaque tomorrow to pay tribute to Aron Skrobek, known as David Kutner. Journalist, writer, and co-founder, in September 1940, of the resistance organization Solidarité, Aron Skrobek died in 1943, murdered while deported to the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. The commemorative plaque will be affixed to 48, rue des Trois-Frères, where Aron Skrobek lived clandestinely during the Occupation.(Submitted on May 9, 2025.)
2. SKROBEK Aron dit KUTNER David (Le Maitron, in French). Full citation: https://maitron.fr/skrobek-aron-dit-kutner-david/, notice SKROBEK Aron dit KUTNER David par Claude Pennetier, version mise en ligne le 30 novembre 2010, dernière modification le 7 octobre 2024. Excerpt (in translation):
… From November 1940, he participated in the founding and clandestine leadership of the (illegal) organization(Submitted on May 9, 2025.)"Solidarity," originally intended to help the families of prisoners of war. The organization's activities soon spread to the entire Jewish population. In September 1940, on the initiative of Louis Grojnowski, national leader of the MOI since 1938, the activity of Jewish groups in occupied France was established on rue de Custine, and the first leaders were appointed: Alfred Grant, Jacques Ravine, Idel Kormann, and Aron Skrobek. Responsible and editor of the Jewish underground press, he organized demonstrations in 1941 in front of the Beaune-la-Rolande camp (Loiret), at the Prisoner's House, in front of the Red Cross headquarters and in several districts of Paris. Then in 1942 there was a demonstration against the wearing of the yellow star, a women's demonstration in Drancy (Seine), another at the headquarters of the General Union of Israelites of France. These actions resulted in the authorization to send parcels to the children of this camp. Arrested on denunciation, on December 16, 1942, Aron Skrobek was imprisoned in the Cherche-Midi prison where he underwent very harsh interrogations. On March 16, 1943, he was transferred to the Romainville fort, under German control. On July 15, 1943, he was deported to the Natzweiler-Struthof camp in the Vosges where, upon his arrival, he was tortured and then murdered by German soldiers on July 21, 1943, shot three times with a revolver, officially for an escape attempt, but it was more likely a setup.Photographed by Andrew Ruppenstein, April 12, 20253. David Kutner Marker - wider view
Additional keywords. plaque commémorative
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 9, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California. This page has been viewed 140 times since then and 52 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 9, 2025, by Andrew Ruppenstein of Lamorinda, California.
