In Épernay, at the initiative of Pierre Servagnat and the Committee of the Association of Former FFIs of the Épernay Region, the Monument to the Martyrs of the Resistance was erected on the Place de la République in memory of "their 176 comrades who died for France in their resistance to the occupiers".
The extensive foundation and earthworks, as well as the transport of 90 tonnes of stone from Euville (Meuse), were carried out by former resistance fighters and volunteer construction workers.
It was financed by collections, a subsidy from the city of Épernay and the sale of stamps.
The monument, the result of a public competition with a prize, is the work of an architect from Épernay, André Schnell. The statue is by Marius Giot, a sculptor from Gionges, and the inscriptions were engraved or sculpted by Roger Chatelain. The architect who supervised the construction of the monument was Lucien KIEFFER.