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Maurice Fingercwajg also Mojsze FingercweigText of the monument at Mont Valérien in the form of a bell by
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(25 December 1923 in Warsaw – 21 February 1944 in Mont Valérien), was a volunteer soldier in the French liberation army
FTP-MOI The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an ar ...
and a member of the group of
Missak Manouchian Missak Manouchian (; , 1 September 1909 – 21 February 1944) was an Armenians, Armenian poet and communist activist. A survivor of the 1915–1916 Armenian genocide, he Armenians in France, moved to France from an orphanage in Lebanon in 1 ...
. He was one of the resistance fighters shot at Fort
Mont Valérien Mont may refer to: Places * Mont., an abbreviation for Montana, a U.S. state * Mont, Belgium (disambiguation), several places in Belgium * Mont, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France * Mont, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in France * Mont, Saà ...
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Biography

Fingercwajg was born on 25 December 1923 in
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, Poland. He was less than three years old when his parents settled in Paris. His father, a tailor, worked hard to feed his family. The young Maurice went to school and could have been a happy child were it not for the loss of his mother at the age of ten. Despite his youth, he worked as an upholsterer. Fingercwajg's elder brother Jacques was a member of the ''
Jeunesse Communiste The Mouvement Jeunes communistes de France (MJCF), commonly called the "JC" (for Jeunesse Communiste, historically its first name), is the first political youth organisation of France, close to the French Communist Party (PCF). The MJCF is organ ...
'' and influenced him greatly. In 1940 Fingercwajg in his turn joined the ''Jeunesse Communiste'', where he became very active. When the second Jewish detachment of the '' FTP immigrés'' was formed in the spring of 1942, Maurice was one of the first fighters. His bravery and devotion led to his being transferred to the elite derailment teams under the command of
Missak Manouchian Missak Manouchian (; , 1 September 1909 – 21 February 1944) was an Armenians, Armenian poet and communist activist. A survivor of the 1915–1916 Armenian genocide, he Armenians in France, moved to France from an orphanage in Lebanon in 1 ...
, where he carried out many audacious operations. Fingercwajg's father and two brothers, Jacques and Léon, were deported during the great round-ups of Jews; he was left alone in the world and with the antifascist fighters as his only family. In November 1943, he was arrested along with his leader, Manouchian, and handed over with his other brothers in arms to the tribunal known as the ''procès des 23'' (trial of the 23). Sentenced to death, he was shot at the Fort
Mont Valérien Mont may refer to: Places * Mont., an abbreviation for Montana, a U.S. state * Mont, Belgium (disambiguation), several places in Belgium * Mont, Hautes-Pyrénées, a commune in France * Mont, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, a commune in France * Mont, Saà ...
on 21 February 1944.


Affiche rouge

Fingercwajg's name appeared on the Affiche Rouge German propaganda poster, with the caption ''Fingercwajg, Juif polonais, 3 attentats, 5 déraillements'' (Fingercwajg, Polish Jew, 3 attacks, 5 derailments).


See also

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Main-d'œuvre immigrée The Main-d'œuvre immigrée was a French trade unionist organisation, composed of immigrant workers of the '' Confédération générale du travail unitaire'' (CGTU) in the 1920s. The MOI was affiliated to the Profintern. The MOI was initially n ...
*
Francs-tireurs et partisans - Main-d'œuvre immigrée The Francs-tireurs et partisans – main-d'œuvre immigrée (FTP-MOI) were a sub-group of the ''Francs-tireurs et partisans'' (FTP) organization, a component of the French Resistance. A wing composed mostly of foreigners, the MOI maintained an ar ...
* Affiche rouge *
Brigades Spéciales During the Second World War, the Special Brigades (, or BS) were a French police force in Vichy France specializing in tracking down "internal enemies" (i.e. French Resistance workers), dissidents, escaped prisoners, Jews and those evading the ob ...
* Geheime Feld Polizei


Bibliography

* FFI - FTPF, ''Pages de gloire des vingt-trois'', Immigration, 1951.


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External links

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La journée d'un "Terroriste"
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