Talk:André Bizette-Lindet

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It is interesting to record the identity of the bodies in the crypt's recesses.
  • Recess 1 Diasso Kal Boutie (1919-1940) –a soldier from Senegal.
  • Recess 2- Edmond Grethen (1898-1945) – Inspector from Indo China.
  • Recess 3- Raymond Anne (1922-1944) – Member of French Resistance.
  • Recess 4- Maboulkede (1921-1944) –Soldier of the Free French Army.
  • Recess 5- Berty Albrecht (1893-1943) – Member of French resistance. committed suicide after being tortured in Fresnes prison.
  • Recess 6- Maurice Debout (1914-1944) – Prisoner of war.
  • Recess 7- Pierre Ulmer (1916-1940) – Soldier of 1940.
  • Recess 8- Georges Brière (1922-1944) – Sailor from the Marines.
  • Recess 9- Empty. Reseved for a Compagnon de la Libération
  • Recess 10- Alfred Touny (1886-1944) – Member of the Resistance.
  • Recess 11- Jean Charrier (1920-1944) – Infantry soldier.
  • Recess 12 : Allal Ould M'Hamed Ben Semers (1920-1944) –Soldier from Morocco
  • Recess 13 : Mohamed Amar Hedhili Ben Salem Ben Hadj (1913-1940) –Soldier from Tunisia.
  • Recess 14 : Arnaud Henri (1907-1944) – French Air Force.
  • Recess 15 : Maurice Duport (1919-1944) – 22nd North African Battalion.
  • Recess  16 : Antonin Mourgues (1919-1942) – Marine from France's Pacific possessions.
  • Recess 17 : Renée Lévy (1919-1942) - Member of Resistance.

The 16 sculptures, each by different sculptors, are arranged in groups of 8 on each side of the Cross of Lorraine. They are:-

  • "Alsace" by sculptor Joseph Rivière. Celebrates the liberation of Alsace from November 1944 to February 1945.
  • "Casabianca" by sculptor Georges Saupique. Celebrates the submarine "Casabianca" escaping from Toulon on 27 November 1942,
  • "Paris" by sculptor Marcel Damboise. Celebrates the liberation of Paris 25 August 1944.
  • "Maquis" by sculptor Raymond Corbin. Celebrates the actions of the "maquisards".
  • "Alençon" by sculptor René Leleu. Celebrates the Normandy Landing and the action of Leclerc's 2nd Division and the liberation of Alençon on 11 August 1944. 
  • "Saumur" by sculptor Pierre Duroux. Celebrates the fighting in Saumur from 19 to 21 June 1940, part of the "Battle of France."
  • "Déportation" by sculptor Henri Lagriffoul. In memory of those deported and sent to concentration and extermination camps.
  • "FAFL" by sculptor Claude Grange.  The forces of the Free French Airforce are remembered.
  • "Action" by sculptor Alfred Janniot, General de Gaulle's speech of 18 June is remembered. He refuses an armistice and thus arguably gives birth to the Free French forces and the Resistance.
  • "Fezzan" by sculptor Andre Bizette-Lindet. Remembers General Leclerc's taking of the Koufra oasis and conquering of Fezzan. See opening comments.
  • "Fusillés" by sculptor Maurice Calka. Remembers that between 1940 and 1944 many members of the Resistance and hostages, both French and foreigners, were shot by the Germans.
  • "Cassino" by sculptor Ulysse Gemignani. Remembers the contribution of General Juin and his forces to the taking of Monte Cassino.
  • "Bir Hakeim" by sculptor Raymond Martin. Remembers the action of the 1st Brigade Free French Army defending Bir Hakeim in Libya from 27 May to 10 June 1942.
  • "Narvick" by sculptor Robert Juvin. Remembers the French Expeditionary Force's action in Norway.
  • "Sienne" by sculptor René Andrei. Remembers the liberation of Sienna on 3 July 1944.
  • "Rhin" by sculptor Louis Dideron. Remembers the French Army's repulsing of the German offensive at Strasbourg and the freeing of the Rhine.[1]

References

  1. ^ http://www.landrucimetieres.fr/spip/spip.php?article1704 [Mémorial de la France combattante]. Retrieved 21 November 2013

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