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Sign: Paris - where the student Robert Gauthier fell in the battle for the liberation of Paris


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9 Pl. Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris, France
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On the sign:
ICI
ROBERT GAUTHIER
ETUDIANT
ENGAGE DANS LES F.F.I.
EST TOMBE GLORIEUSEMENT
POUR LA LIBERATION DE PARIS
LE 21 AOUT 1944
A L’AGE DE 21 ANS
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F.F.I - Forces françaises de l’Intérieur - French resistance fighters in the later stages of World War II.

As you can see, above the sign is a sign (many of which are in Paris) with de Gaulle’s call to French citizens to join the Free French Army Click for sign's details

The house was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
HERE
ROBERT GAUTHIER
STUDENT
ENGAGED IN THE F.F.I.
FALLEN GLORIOUSLY
FOR THE LIBERATION OF PARIS
AUGUST 21, 1944
AT THE AGE OF 21

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