Lyon

Plaque commémorative

Plaque in memory of Raymond Louis, an activist in the (clandestine) Communist Party, who retreated to Lyon to live. Starting on May 15, 1942, he worked with a free group of Liberation in the Croix-Rousse. Later he was in charge of organizing a maquis in Drôme, and was appointeed to head a section of the FTPF (Franc-Tireurs et Partisans - one of several resistance organizations). Informed upon for possessing weapons, he was murdered on February 20, 1944 at his home in Lyon, 10 rue Perrod.

Source: Carte des lieux de mémoire de la ville de Lyon