Rue Danielle Casanova, Paris

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Danielle-Casanova Street, as seen from the Avenue de l'Opera. P1040437 Paris Ier-II rue Danielle-Casanova rwk.JPG
Danielle-Casanova Street, as seen from the Avenue de l'Opéra.

Rue Danielle Casanova (English: Danielle-Casanova Street) is a road in the 1st and 2nd arrondissements of Paris, France. [1] [2]

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The road is named after Danielle Casanova, a famous French communist and resistance fighter who died in deportation to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1943.

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References

  1. "rue Danielle Casanova". www.v2asp.paris.fr. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  2. Brian N. Morton (1986). Americans in Paris. Quill. p. 57. ISBN   978-0-688-06509-6.

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