The Monument aux 50 Otages is a monument in Nantes, located on the esplanade des Cinq-communes-Compagnon-de-la-Libération, east of place du Pont-Morand and beside the Erdre river. It was inaugurated in the presence of minister Eugène Claudius-Petit. The monument was designed by architect Marcel Fradin, sculpted by Jean Mazuet, and executed by the Nantes workshops of the Coyac family.
It was erected in tribute to fifty hostages detained after the death of Karl Hotz in Nantes. Hotz was shot by a communist commando, and German occupiers later executed fifty prisoners in Nantes, Châteaubriant, and mont Valérien following his assassination. The monument has been listed as a historic monument since an unspecified date and is labeled as "Patrimoine du XXe siècle" according to a specific circular.
Nearby Objects
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Colonne Louis-XVI 350 m away -
Porte Saint-Pierre 350 m away -
Église Saint-Similien 350 m away -
Place Maréchal-Foch 350 m away -
Lamoricière cenotaph 400 m away
Design and commemorative purpose
The Monument aux 50 Otages is located in Nantes, on the esplanade des Cinq-communes-Compagnon-de-la-Liberation, east of place du Pont-Morand beside the Erdre river. It was inaugurated in the presence of minister Eugene Claudius-Petit. The monument was designed by architect Marcel Fradin, sculpted by Jean Mazuet, and executed by the Nantes workshops of the Coyac family.
It was erected in tribute to the fifty hostages detained after the death of Karl Hotz in Nantes. Hotz was shot by a communist commando, and German occupiers later executed fifty prisoners in Nantes, Chateaubriant, and mont Valerien after his assassination. The monument has been listed as a historic monument since an unspecified date and is labeled as Patrimoine du XXe siecle according to a specific circular.