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 Plaque for French Resistance Fighters - Brandenburg (Havel), Germany
N 52° 24.058 E 012° 33.967
33U E 334422 N 5808423
A plaque commemorating French Resistance fighters in WW II
Waymark Code: WMRCYT
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 06/10/2016
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During World War II, twelve million people from countries occupied by Germany were deported to Germany as forced labourers. Among them were eleven young French railroad workers from the Paris suburb Ivry-sur-Seine. While being held in Brandenburg (Havel), a major center of the German war industry, the young Frenchmen formed an illegal chapter of the French Resistance Movement, reporting Nazi train movements to allied forces. When the operation was uncovered, all eleven men were executed.
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Location of the plaque at the railroad depot (left)
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In September 1962, the Railroad workers union in Brandenburg placed a plaque at the railway station, honoring the sacrifice of the young French patriots.
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Date of Dedication: 09/01/1962
Property Permission: Public
Access instructions: At the main entrancwe to the train station
Access times: From: 12:00 AM To: 11:59 PM
Location of waymark:
Brandenburg Hauptbahnhof
Am Hauptbahnhof 9
Brandenburg an der Havel, BRB Germany
14774
Commemoration: Members of the underground French Resistance
Website for Waymark: Not listed
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