L'impasse Floriment, Plaisance.
'GEORGES BRASSENS
HABITA CETTE IMPASSE
DE 1944 À 1966.
IL Y ÉCRIVIT
SES PREMIÈRES CHANSONS'
'DANS CETTE IMPASSE
EST NÉ
PIERRE NICOLAS
1921–1990
MUSICIEN ET CONTREBASSISTE
DE GEORGES BRASSENS'
In March 1943 Georges Brassens was working in Basdorf, Germany, under the Nazi compulsory work programme. A year later he was given a fortnight's leave, but never returned. Jeanne Planche and her husband sheltered him from the Gestapo at 9 impasse Floriment under primitive conditions, complete with hens, cats and dogs. Brassens was to remain there for twenty-two years.
'GEORGES BRASSENS
Poète, musicien et chanteur
vécut dans cette maison
de 1944 à 1966.
"ET QUE J’EMPORTE ENTRE LES DENTS
UN FLOCON DES NEIGES D’ANTAN…"
The plaque above was the brainchild of 'Les Amis de Georges' and erected in 1994. The cats below, created in memory of the many cats Jeanne befriended, are in terra cotta and were made by the potter Michel Mathieu:
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