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Villeurbanne
Rhône
Rhône-Alpes

Rue Léon Blum
(Square de la Déportation)

Monument des Déportés

Monument for the Deportees

Cyrille Troisgros
F. Chapuis (Lyon)
1979

Description

Stele with a bronze relief of a man carrying a stone on his shoulders and the date 1^er MARS 1943.

Inscription(s)

ils sont partis pour
les camps de la mort
payant de leur vie le
prix de notre liberte

PASSANT SOUVIENS-TOI

Signature

sculpteur cyrille troisgros
fonderie d'art f. chapuis lyon

Sculptor

Cyrille Troisgros, French sculptor.

Sources & Information

Le Rize+, Villeurbanne, Rafle du 1er mars 1943.

Locatie (N 45°45'34" - E 4°53'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frra209; Photograph: 14 August 2018
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