Sneha Girap (Editor)

Five Martyrs of the lycée Buffon

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Five of


The Five Martyrs of the Lycée Buffon were five students from the Lycée Buffon shot by the Germans in Paris at the Stand de tir de Balard on 8 February 1943 for their activities with the French Resistance. Also, their families were taken hostage. Following the war, each of the students was posthumously awarded the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1939–1945 and the Resistance medal.

Contents

Commemorations

  • There is a Place des cinq martyrs du lycée Buffon in the 14th arrondissement of Paris
  • a rue Jacques-Baudry in 15th arrondissement of Paris
  • a plaque at lycée Buffon,
  • in 1959, La Poste commemorated them with a stamp in the Heroes of the Resistance series
  • a rue Lucien Legros in Mont-de-Marsan

    • Notes and sources

    Notes
    Sources

    References

    Five Martyrs of the lycée Buffon Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA