On 27 May 1871, at the end of the Bloody Week, around 147 Communard fighters were shot against a cemetery wall before being thrown into a mass grave. In which division is this wall, which has since become a memorial site?
The answer
On 27 May 1871, around 147 Communards were shot against this wall at the end of the Bloody Week, then thrown into a mass grave dug at its foot. A monument, ‘To the Victims of the Revolutions’, was placed there in 1909 by the sculptor Paul Moreau-Vauthier.
This question belongs to the “The Paris Commune” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.