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Jean Moulin ( June 20, 1899 - July 8, 1943) was a member of the French Resistance during World War II.
Jean Moulin was born in Bézier, France, and enrolled in the French Army in 1918, but World War I came to an end before he could see any action. After the war, he resumed his studies and obtained a law degree in 1921. He then entered the prefectoral administration, as chef de cabinet to the deputy of Savoie in 1922, then as sous préfet of Albertville, from 1925Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 See also 1925 in aviation 1925 in film 1925 in literature 1925 in mu to 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G. He was France's youngest sous préfet at the time.
He married Marguerite Cerruti in September 1926Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 See also 1926 in aviation 1926 in film 1926 in literature 1926 in mu, but divorced her in 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu.
In 19301930 is the common year starting on Wednesday. see link for calendar) Events January-February January 6 The first diesel-engine automobile trip is completed ( Indianapolis, Indiana, to New York City). January 27 Miguel Primo de Rivera resigns January 30 G, he was the sous préfet of Châteaulin . During that time, he also wrote political satiresSatire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. In Celtic societies, it was thought a bard's satire could have phys in the newspaper "Le rire", under the pseudonym Romanin.
He became France's youngest préfet in the Aveyron region, in the commune of Rodez, in January 1937.
In 1939 he was appointed préfet of the Eure-et-Loir region. The Germans arrested him in June 1940 because he refused to sign a German document that wrongly blamed Senegalese French Army troops for civilian massacres. In prison, he attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a piece of broken glass. This left him with a scar that he would often hide with his scarf.
In November 1940, the Vichy government ordered all prefects to dismiss left-wing elected mayors of towns and villages. When Moulin refused he was himself removed from office. He then lived in Saint-Andiol ( Bouches-du-Rhône), and joined the resistance. He reached London in September 1941 under the name Joseph Jean Mercier, and met General Charles de Gaulle, who asked him to unify the various resistance groups. On January 1, 1941, he was parachuted in the Alpilles. Under the codenames Rex and Max, he met with the leaders of the resistance groups:
In February 1943, he went back to London, accompanied by Charles Delestraint, head of the new armée secrète group. He left on March 21, 1943, ordered to form the Conseil National de la Résistance (CNR), a difficult task, since each movement wanted to keep their independence. The first meeting of the CNR took place in Paris, on May 27, 1943.
Jean Moulin was arrested June 21, 1943 in Caluire-et-Cuire ( Rhône), in Doctor Frédéric Dugoujon's house, where a meeting with most of the resistance leaders was taking place. Interrogated in Lyon, and later in Paris, by Klaus Barbie, head of the Gestapo, he never revealed anything to his captors. He eventually died, near Metz, in the Paris- Berlin train which was taking him to the concentration camps.