Monument aux disparus des Abdellys, War memorial in Père Lachaise Cemetery, France.
Monument aux disparus des Abdellys is a marble memorial with golden inscriptions located within Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. It displays the names of twenty soldiers who died during military service in Algeria.
In 1956, forty-four soldiers from a military unit were captured near Tlemcen in Algeria. Twenty of these soldiers were later executed, and this memorial preserves their memory.
The memorial honors French soldiers who died during the Algerian conflict, contributing to the cemetery's role as a space for remembrance. Visitors recognize it as a quiet place for reflection on military sacrifice.
The memorial is located in division 88 of the cemetery near Allée des Fédérés and is accessible during regular cemetery hours. Visitors should take time to read the inscriptions carefully and reflect at this modest site.
The bodies of the executed soldiers were disposed of in a chasm called Ras El Oued, making this memorial their only physical commemoration site. It therefore becomes an important anchor for those mourning soldiers with no other place to remember them.
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