Location: Angle Rue du Surmelin / Rue Darcy, 75020 Paris, Paris.
This large mural depicts Missak Manouchian and members of his resistance group. Created as a tribute to the 'Affiche Rouge' fighters, it transforms Nazi propaganda into a monument of honor. The faces that Vichy and the Nazis displayed to inspire fear are now celebrated as heroes of the French Resistance.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: World War 2.
Coordinates: 48.87210, 2.40670.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Resistance & Liberation of Paris.
On Resistance & Liberation of Paris: End at the large mural depicting Missak Manouchian and his resistance group. It transforms the Nazi "Affiche Rouge" propaganda into a monument of honor—the faces shown to inspire fear now celebrated as heroes.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Raymond Bossus (121 m); Ecole rue Pierre Foncin (202 m); Ecole rue Pierre Foncin (215 m); Groupe Manouchian (229 m); Ecole rue Pierre Foncin (233 m).