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On the sign:
BOMBARDEMENT DE PARIS 20 JANVIER 1918 COMBATS DE LA LIBERATION DE PARIS 25 AOÛT 1944
JEAN MONTVALLIER - BOULOGNE MORT POUR LA FRANCE À VINGT-QUATRE ANS DANS LES COMBATS DE LA LIBÉRATION DE PARIS 25 AOÛT 1944
In the First World War, the building of the National Higher School of Mines was bombed in an air attack, the top sign indicates this, as well as the damage the place suffered in the battle for the liberation of Paris in the Second World War.
The lower plaque commemorates the man who fell here in the battle for the liberation of Paris in World War II.
Around the sign you can see the holes in the wall, the results of the attacks in both world wars.
The place was photographed on the same day by the same photographer (a wider view also shows the traces of damage from the bombings) Click for a larger image
Translation of the text on the sign: BOMBING OF PARIS JANUARY 20, 1918 FIGHTS FOR THE LIBERATION OF PARIS AUGUST 25, 1944
JEAN MONTVALLIER - BOULOGNE DEATH FOR FRANCE AT TWENTY-FOUR IN FIGHTS OF THE LIBERATION OF PARIS AUGUST 25, 1944
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