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    Jean Moulin was born at 6 Rue d'Alsace in Béziers, Hérault, son of Antoine-Émile Moulin and Blanche Élisabeth Pègue. He was the grandson of an insurgent opposing the coup d'état of 2 December 1851. His father was a lay teacher at the Université Populaire and a Freemason at the lodge Action Sociale. Moulin was baptised on 6 August 1899 [4 ...

  3. Jul 28, 2013 · Moulin died in a train en route to Germany and was buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. On Dec. 19, 1964, Moulin’s ashes were transferred to the Panthéon in a ceremony attended by President Charles de Gaulle and many surviving members of the Resistance. Cultural minister André Malraux, former member of the Resistance, French army ...

  4. Mar 28, 2024 · Jean Moulin (born June 20, 1899, Béziers, Fr.—died July 8, 1943, Metz, Ger. [now in France]) was a French civil servant and hero of the Résistance during World War II. After studying law at Montpellier, Moulin entered the civil service. In 1930 he became the youngest subprefect (in charge of an arrondissement) and in 1937 the youngest ...

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  5. Jean Moulin was born on 20 June 1899 in Beziers, south west France, the son of a history professor. He enlisted in the army in 1918 but never saw action. After World War One, Moulin joined the ...

  6. Sep 1, 2002 · Jean Moulin has been called the greatest hero of the French Resistance. But it was 21 years after his death in German hands and 20 years after the liberation of Paris that he was so proclaimed.

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  8. Officially, Jean Moulin was a landowner looking for a place in Nice to install an art gallery that opened on February 9, 1943. During a second trip to London in February-March 1943, Moulin was made a Companion of the Liberation by Charles de Gaulle, who was head of the Free French. Moulin would go further in coordination and set up a Council of ...

  9. Jul 4, 2023 · A true symbol of the Resistance and the Republic, many streets, schools and universities have been named after the French hero since his death 80 years ago. Moulin continues to be honoured across ...

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