Square Emmanuel Fleury

The Square Emmanuel Fleury honors a man whose life was defined by the industrial and political history of this district. Emmanuel Fleury worked as a postman at the central office in this very neighborhood, the twentieth arrondissement, starting in the nineteen twenties. Beyond his mail route, he became a central figure in local resistance during the German occupation, organizing the clandestine work of post office employees. His leadership during the strikes of August nineteen forty-four proved essential to the liberation of Paris, as the city's communication networks helped coordinate the efforts that finally pushed occupying forces out of the capital.