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 French Resistance Fighters Plaque, Brandenburg (Havel), Germany
N 52° 24.058 E 012° 33.967
33U E 334422 N 5808423
A plaque commemorating French Resistance fighters in WW II that lead to an unusual city partnership.
Waymark Code: WMPX02
Location: Brandenburg, Germany
Date Posted: 11/01/2015
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In September 1962, the Railroad workers union in Brandenburg placed a plaque at the railway station, honoring the sacrifice of the young French patriots.
A a small delegation from Ivry-sur-Seine took part in the unveiling ceremony and that visit let to the official formation of a city partnership between Brandenburg in communist East Germany and Ivry-sur-Seine in France, officially signed in May, 1963 For a long time it was one of only a very small number of city partnerships across the Iron Curtain.
In 2013, the two cities celebrated 50 years of a partnership that started with German workers honoring the memory of their former war enemies.
A newspaper article (unfortunately only in German) tells the story of the partnership and the story of the plaque, that started it.
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Twin Cities / Sister Cities:
Brandenburg (Havel), Germany
Ivry-sur-Seine, France
Address:
Bandenburg Hauptbahnhof,
Brandenburg, Germany
Text:
To honor the memory of French railroad workers
(names and dates of birth)
Killed by Fascists on September 13, 1944, because they fought for peace and a better future.
To honor the dead!
As a reminder to the living!
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