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Memorial to the Martyrs of the Resistance and Deportation

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Memorial to the Martyrs of the Resistance and Deportation

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    December 22, 2019

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    The monument to the martyrs of resistance and deportation, designed by architect Louis Sollier, is located on the Hautes promenades, as a counterpoint to the monument to the victims of …
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    August 2, 2025

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    This resistance memorial in Reims was inaugurated on May 8, 1955, after a decade-long planning process that saw five different architectural proposals rejected before the final design was approved. The monument consists of a massive 9x6.5-meter Breton granite block bearing the inscription "À la Résistance," with side plaques listing 174 names of local resistance fighters and deportees who died during Nazi occupation.

    An urn containing ashes collected from four Nazi concentration camps (Mauthausen, Flossenbürg, Bergen-Belsen, and Neuengamme) is sealed within the monument, marked by a grill designed as barbed wire created by students from the local technical college.

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    The memorial's funding came from a public subscription that raised over one million francs, with additional contributions from various political parties, unions, and resistance organizations spanning the entire political spectrum.

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