Location: 19 Rue au Maire, 75003 Paris, Paris.
A plaque marks this former clandestine meeting place of the FTP-MOI resistance fighters, the group later immortalized by the Nazi propaganda 'Affiche Rouge'. Foreign-born workers—Polish Jews, Italians, Spaniards, Armenians—met here to plan sabotage operations against the occupiers, risking their lives for a country that was not their birthplace.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: World War 2.
Coordinates: 48.86560, 2.35450.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Resistance & Liberation of Paris.
On Resistance & Liberation of Paris: A clandestine meeting place of the FTP-MOI fighters. Polish Jews, Italians, Spaniards, and Armenians met here to plan sabotage operations—risking their lives for a country that was not their birthplace.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Quartier général des résistants parisiens conduits par le Colonel Rol-Tanguy (136 m); Georges Blariaux (138 m); L'affiche rouge (168 m); Paulette Buchman (175 m); First Chinese Community in Paris (1919) (179 m).