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Moulin, Jean, 1899-1943

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Personal name headingMoulin, Jean, 1899-1943
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Variant(s)Max, 1899-1943
Romanin, 1899-1943
Associated countryFrance
Associated placeEngland
Birth date1899-06-20
Death date1943-07-08
Place of birthBéziers (France)
Place of deathMetz (France)
Field of activityWorld War, 1939-1945--France France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945 World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements
AffiliationArmée secrète (France)
Conseil national de la Résistance (France)
Profession or occupationPolitical activists
Found inAuthor'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 languagefre