User:Marlene151/Georges Lyvet

Raised pattern on his grave in the cemetery of Curciat-

Dongalon.

Biography

Born August, 24 1906

Bourg-en-bresse

Died June, 15 1944 (aged 37)

4th arrondissement Lyon

Resting place Cemetery of Curciat-Dongalon

Nationaly french

Activity Resistance fighter

Other information

Military rank Lieutenant Colonel

War Second world war

Commemorative plaque at the entry of the hospital of Croix-Rousse.

Georges Lyvet was born on August, 24 1906 in Bourg-en-Bresse in the couty Ain and died on June, 15 1944 in Lyon. He was a french resistance fighter.

Biography
In retaliation for an escape of sick detainees from the German hospital of La Croix-Rousse, four other detainees are killed by the Germans, including Georges Lyvet. The three other person were René Israël, Noël Juneau and a stranger. All four were detained, because they were all members of the armed resistance movement, Francs-tireurs et partisans.

Homages

 * A commemorative plaque is fixed at the entry of the hospital of Croix-Rousse. An annual ceremony, during which the place is flowered takes place in front of the plaque.


 * There is a Georges-Lyvet Stadium in Villeurbanne, next to the underground Laurent-Bonnevay- Astroballe. In June 2013, a commemorative plaque with the note " In honor of Georges-Lyvet aka Jean Rolland (1906-1944)" and fixed on the entry pediment of the stadium was unveiled in the presence of Georges Lyvet's daughter as well as Jean-Paul Bret.


 * There is a street named Georges-Lyvet in Vénissieux.


 * There is a holiday center named Georges-Lyvet in Fontcouverte-la-Toussuire (Savoie).


 * There is a climb named Georges-Lyvet in Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or.

Related articles
On the other Wikimedia projects: Goerges Lyvet, on Wikimedia Commons


 * the town of Curciat-Dongalon in the Ain
 * The hospital of Croix-Rousse in  Lyon