Fort Mont-Valerien
- Address: Ave du Professeur Leon Bernard
- Vicinity: Blvd Washington
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1841/00/00 | Fort Mont-Valerien is constructed. | |||||
| 1871/01/17 | The armistice signed by the Government of National Defense with Otto von Bismarck, allows the Germans to occupy the Fort Mont-Valerien in exchange for shipments of food into the starving city. | Franco-Prussian War | ||||
| 1898/01/10 | January 10-11, Esterhazy is brought to trial and is quickly unanimously acquitted by the Court-martial. Col Picquart is indicted for revealing military secrets to civilians and is put under arrest at the Mont-Valerien military prison. | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/08/30 | French Army intelligence, Colonel Henry of is confined in the prison of Mont-Valerien. | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/08/30 | August 30-31, Henry confesses his perjuries against Dreyfus to Cavaignac. He is interned at the military prison, Mont-Valerien, where he commits suicide by slashing his throat with a razor. | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1898/08/31 | Colonel Henry kills himself by cuts his throat with a razor. | Dreyfus Affair | ||||
| 1941/00/00 | Nazi occupiers of Paris bring prisoners, mostly members of the French Resistance, to Fort Mont-Valerien and confine them in a disused chapel. 1,014 men were executed by the Wehrmacht at Mont-Valerien between 1941 and 1944. | |||||
| 1945/06/18 | Charles de Gaulle | In a public ceremony, Charles de Gaulle dedicates Fort Mont-Valerien a national memorial. |
| Particulars for Fort Mont-Valerien: | |
|---|---|
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Sight Category | Building |
| Category for Historic Use | Defense |
| Life | Foreign Occupation |
| Structure Type | Fortification |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Era | Nazi Occupation |
| Sight Category | Structure |
| Motif | War |
| Historic Event | World War II |
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