Jean Moulin - B&ziers - 70 Years On
Jean Moulin - Béziers - 70 Years on
Jean Moulin was born at 6 rue d'Alsace, overlooking the “Champ de Mars”, in Béziers on the 20th June 1899. He became the founder and first president of the French National Resistance Council.
This famous son of Béziers, Jean Moulin, was the first representative of General de Gaulle in France and leader of the French Resistance during WW2.
Arrested at Caluire, he died under torture, by the Nazis the 8th July in a Northern French railway station, on July the 8th 1943
Photo adapted from the original by Marcel Bernard
| Région: | Languedoc-Roussillon |
| Département: | Hérault |
| Commune: | Béziers |
| Photographer: | Malcolm Reynard - personal website |
Brief history of Jean Moulin and how he is celibrated in Béziers
