Place du 8 Février 1962

A patch of pavement framed by iron railings and low-hanging trees marks the Place du Huit Février Nineteen Sixty-Two. It serves as a quiet memorial to the Charonne metro station tragedy, where nine protestors died during a demonstration against the Algerian War. A plaque mounted near the entrance holds the names of those lost in the crush as police forced the crowd into the station stairs. The site carries the weight of that winter evening, turning a transit junction into a public record.