Mail Roger Prévot

Slipping through time, let’s journey to Mail Roger Prévot in Villeneuve-la-Garenne. This seemingly ordinary street corner holds a story. It’s a story of a man named Roger Prévot, whose life intersected with the tumultuous tides of World War II. Mail Roger Prévot isn’t just a street name. It’s a memorial. It’s a whisper of remembrance for a life tragically cut short. Roger, an electrician, lived a life seemingly far removed from the grand stage of war. He was born in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, married Georgette Chauvin, and lived a modest life in the suburbs of Paris. Yet, the encroaching darkness of the war eventually reached his doorstep. In 1940, he was arrested and interned at Aincourt. His mother, Léontine, desperately wrote letters pleading for visitation rights, but her pleas fell on deaf ears. Later, Roger was transferred to Voves, then to the notorious Compiègne, a transit point to the horrors of Auschwitz. In this bleak landscape of despair, Roger became a number: 46014. He battled typhus in the camp’s overcrowded hospital, Block 20. On August 29, 1942, amidst a cruel selection process disguised as a typhus quarantine, Roger Prévot’s life was extinguished. His name, etched onto a plaque at the Saint-Maur town hall and now whispered here at Mail Roger Prévot, ensures his story isn’t forgotten. Mail Roger Prévot stands as a stark reminder of the countless ordinary lives swept away by the storm of war. It reminds us that behind every name, every statistic, there was a person with a story. A life lived, loved, and lost.