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21st June 1943: Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyon", surprises the Resistance leader Jean Moulin along with others

Jun 21, 2023
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Jean Moulin (1899-1943), pictured in 1937. A national hero in France, he was the first President of the National Council of the Resistance. The French education curriculum commemorates Moulin as a symbol of the French resistance and a model of civic virtue, moral rectitude and patriotism.

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