Location: 97e Division, Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, 75020 Paris, Paris.
In the 97th division of Père-Lachaise Cemetery stands a cenotaph honoring the fighters of the FTP-MOI (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans - Main-d'Œuvre Immigrée). This memorial commemorates the foreign-born resistance fighters, including members of the Manouchian group, who fought and died for France. The bodies of those executed at Mont-Valérien were never returned to their families.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: World War 2.
Coordinates: 48.86150, 2.39370.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Resistance & Liberation of Paris.
On Resistance & Liberation of Paris: Cenotaph in Père-Lachaise Cemetery honoring the FTP-MOI fighters. The bodies of those executed at Mont-Valérien were never returned to their families—this memorial stands where their graves should be.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Père-Lachaise Cemetery (Before Sunset, 2004) (31 m); Ecole avenue Gambetta (319 m); Michel Rolnikas (341 m); Fernande Onimus (383 m).