LC control no. | n 50006674 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Moulin, Jean, 1899-1943 |
Variant(s) | Max, 1899-1943 Romanin, 1899-1943 |
Associated country | France |
Associated place | England |
Birth date | 1899-06-20 |
Death date | 1943-07-08 |
Place of birth | Béziers (France) |
Place of death | Metz (France) |
Field of activity | World War, 1939-1945--France France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements |
Affiliation | Armée secrète (France) Conseil national de la Résistance (France) |
Profession or occupation | Political activists |
Found in | Author's Premier combat, 1947. Jean Moulin dit Romanin, c2000: flap (b. June 20, 1899, Béziers; d. July 8, 1943, Metz) Fondation de la France Libre website, viewed March 10, 2018 (Jean Moulin (1899-1943); president-founder of the Conseil national de Résistance; youngest sous-préfet in France (1925), préfet of Rodez and then Chartres (both 1938); resisted German demands; revoked by Vichy November 1940; made contact with the Resistance in the southern zone, then went to England (September 1941); charged by de Gaulle to rally and unify the resistance movements; parachuted into Alpilles 2 January 1942 and set up headquarters in Lyon; created the Armée secrète commanded by general Delestraint (1942), then the CNR (May 1943); arrested by the Gestapo in Caluire 21 June 1943, tortured, died during his transfer to Germany in July 1943) |
Associated language | fre |