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- 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.
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Jean Pierre Moulin (French: [ʒɑ̃ mu.lɛ̃]; 20 June 1899 – 8 July 1943) was a French civil servant and resistant who succeeded in unifying the main networks of the French Resistance in World War II, a unique act in Europe.
In September 1941, he was smuggled out of France to London to meet Charles de Gaulle, leader of the 'Free French', and other exiled French leaders.
Jean Moulin 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 prefect (of the Eure-et-Loir département)
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In office in Eure-et-Loire at the time, Jean Moulin was at the center of the collapse of France. He saw the mass of refugees on the roads of exodus and tried to help them. On June 17, 1940, he met the conquering Germans in Chartres.
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.
Jul 4, 2023 · Jean Moulin was one of the many French Resistance fighters who stood up to the Germans during the occupation of France in World War II. A true symbol of the Resistance and the Republic,...
For 23 years Jean Moulin, born into a republican, radical family in the south of France, served the Republic as a sub-prefect and prefect, except for a stint as Air Minister Pierre Cot's chief of staff during the Popular Front (1936), when, already determined to defend his country against Nazism and Fascism, he was involved in sending covert ...
