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Plaque commémorative

Plaque in memory of Antoine Fontlupt. A bakery worker, an activist in the Communist Youth and then an agent of the FTPF (Franc-Tireurs et Partisans - one of several resistance organizations), he organized the Vendémiaire camp, the first maquis base in the Azergues valley, near Lyon. After several months of activity there, he returned to Lyon. In September 1943, he became head of the special group FTP Company Three - City, called the Cordeliers group. Under the orders of Alexandre Dardel, on March 18, 1944 he fell into an ambush at the Place des Terreaux. As he was tryng to escape, he was shot down by a member of the... Read more

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Address : 1 rue Puis-Gaillot , 69001 Lyon
GPS Coordinates : 45.767893 , 4.834253
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  • Commemorative plaque
  • Maquis
  • Repression
  • Collaboration
  • Rhone
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Plaque in memory of Antoine Fontlupt. A bakery worker, an activist in the Communist Youth and then an agent of the FTPF (Franc-Tireurs et Partisans - one of several resistance organizations), he organized the Vendémiaire camp, the first maquis base in the Azergues valley, near Lyon. After several months of activity there, he returned to Lyon. In September 1943, he became head of the special group FTP Company Three - City, called the Cordeliers group. Under the orders of Alexandre Dardel, on March 18, 1944 he fell into an ambush at the Place des Terreaux. As he was tryng to escape, he was shot down by a member of the milice near the building at 1 rue Puits-Gaillot.

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

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