A French Hero, Jean Moulin

Projet Comenius 2012/2014 – TEB AA-EE

Lycée Auguste Bouvet

Romans sur Isère

The childhood of Jean Moulin

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• Jean Moulin, born on June 1899 in Béziers . His father is a true republican.

• He is not a very committed student.

• Very interested in Arts but graduates in Law.

• He thinks of becoming a  Préfet (representive of the government in a departement)• «Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense

• Dylan et Farid

• «Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense

• Dylan et Farid

The « Préfet » JEAN MOULIN

Youngest sub-prefet of France in Albertville in 1925,the

youngest prefet in1937. Sept. 1939, mobilization is decreed.

J. Moulin, childless, feels that his duty is to serve in the army.

Till Dec.1939, he tries to get mobilized.

He finally manages to get incorporated in the Army, but the

Minister of the Interior orders him to return to his post of

Préfet. «Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense

Valentin et Amaël

1941 : Jean Moulin meetsGeneral de Gaulle

December 24 1941 representative delegated to the national committee for the Free Zone .De Gaulle, chief of Free France in London, designates Moulin as his legal representative.

October 22,1942,Moulin is designated to preside the committee for the free zone.

May1943, 1st meeting of the National Resistance Committee (CNR)in Paris. 17 representatives of The different groups designate General de Gaulle as their only leader.

June 4, 1943 8 coordinated movements are set , it is the excecutive commitee of the resistance.Source : Livre d’histoire-Géographie-éducation civique, Foucher, 1er Bac Pro et Le 70 e, fr

Léa et Andréa

Why the meeting of Caluire?

• June 9, 1943, General Delestraint   ’’Vidal ’’, chief of the Secret Army (AS) is arrested in Paris, Jean Moulin has to organize his succession.

• A major meeting of all the leaders of the different groups of resistants takes place in Caluire in spite of tensions between the groups.

• Moulin considers designating, temporarily, Raymond Aubrac and André LASSAGNE as leaders of the AS.

Jean Moulin’s comrades in resistance 1/5

Henri FRESNAY

1905/1988

Founder of the

movement of

resistants in the

southern zone

« COMBAT»

Jean Pierre LEVY

1911/1996

Chief of the movement« FRANC TIREUR »

Arrestation linked to the movement

« CEUX DE LA LIBERTE »,

His comrades make him evade in 1944

Jean Moulin’s comrades in resistance 2/5

• Emmanuel D’ASTIER de la VIGERIE 1900/1969

• Writer– journalist

• Founder of the movement

• « LA DERNIERE COLONNE »

Raymond AUBRAC

1914/2012

Co-founder of the

Movement « LIBERATION SUD »

His wife Lucie joins the

resistance with him.

Jean Moulin’s comrades in resistance 3/5

Henri AUBRY1914/1970

In the movement « COMBAT »

Arrested in Caluire

with Jean MOULIN.

Tortured , he

eventually designates

« Max », June 23 juin

23 1943

Bruno LARAT1916/1944

Chief of center for parachuting and landing operations« C.O.P.A. »Parachuted with Moulin in France

en 1942Arrested in Caluire, tortured and

deported.Dies in the camp of Dora at the age

of 28 .

Jean Moulin’s comrades in resistance 4/5

André LASSAGNE

1911/

Takes part in the mission REX

(Jean Moulin’s nickname)

Arrested in Caluire , deported to the camp

of Brieg, in Silesie, he comes back to

France in1945. His mission :

« to reconciliate in a European Union

 »

Jean Moulin’s comrades in resistance 5/5

René HARDY, alias Didot, 1911 / 1987

Writer, chief of the organisation« SABOTAGE FER »

Not supposed to attend the Caluire meeting.He escapes a first time during the arrestation of Moulin.

Arrested again, he escapes while being left to Klaus Barbie.

A court of Justice and a military court acquitted him in 1947 and in1950. According to many historians, relying on 2 German documents he is seen as responsible of the Caluire drama.

Sources: www.memorialjeanmoulin-caluire.fr Ben-Yamine et Emeric

Arrestation of Jean Moulin

Jean Moulin was arrested on June 21st

1943 in Caluire-et-Cuire (Rhône) in the

house of Doctor Dugougon while directing

a meeting with several chiefs of the

Resistance, among them : Lacaze, Laret,

Lassagne et Aubrac. Hardy, present at the

meeting when not asked , may have

indicated to Klaus Barbie the exact place

of this ultra secret meeting. «Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense Thomas B. et Tanguy

Jean Moulin’s death

After being identified, he is questionned and tortured by the persecutor and chief of the Lyon’s Gestapo Klaus Barbie.He died of his injuries on July 8th in the station of Metz in the train Paris-Berlin that was taking him in Germany to be questionned .

We can pay him a tribute in the Panthéon in Paris.

«Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense Thomas B.

et Tanguy

Jean Moulin, the artist

Using the alias Romanin, the greatest figure of the Resistance was a talented drawer.

His work is diversified: caricatures, comic drawings, engravings...In Spring 1943, his pessonal secretary asked him  : « After the war, what

will you do?  » Jean Moulin answered laughing  : « I will be a painter of course! ».

«Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense Emile, Sarah et Dorian

Jean Moulin , the seducer

While very serious in his work, Jean Moulin

can be much more frivolous in his private

life. «Jean Moulin, artiste, préfet, résistant », de Christine Levisse-Touzé et Dominique Veillon, Tallandier-Ministère de la Défense Emilie, Sarah et Dorian

 Reconciliation in a European Union

Helmut Kohl and François Mitterrand

Hand in hand in 1984 near Verdun to pay tribute to the

deads of WW One.

Thomas F. et Doriane

Important stages in Jean Moulin’s life

Birth of Jean Moulin in Bézier

1899

17 April1918

Mobilized during law studies

1919-1921

Resumes his studies and gets a Law degree

2 Sept.1939

General mobilization

1940

• German attack• Suicide attempt• Birth of resistance movements

1941

Melissa et romane

De Gaulle asks him:• To create a secret army• To coordiante the resistance movements

Important stages in Jean Moulin’s life (2)

1943

COMBAT, FRANC-TIREUR, LIBERATION SUD get united and become « Les Mouvements de Unis Résistants »

27 May1943

J. Moulin directs the creation of CNR (Comité National des Résistants ) composed of 16 representatives : resistants movements, trade unions,traditional political parties

19 Dec. 1964

Moulin ashes are transferred to the Panthéon

22 Sept.1945

Declaration of peace

8 May 1945Germany capitulates

Melissa et Romane

Le chant des PartisansThe Chant des Partisans was the most popular song of the

Free French and French Resistance during World War II.

• Ami, entends-tu le vol noir des corbeaux sur nos plaines?Ami, entends-tu les cris sourds du pays qu´on enchaîne?Ohé, partisans, ouvriers et paysans, c´est l´alarme.Ce soir l´ennemi connaîtra le prix du sang et les larmes.

Montez de la mine, descendez des collines, camarades!Sortez de la paille les fusils, la mitraille, les grenades.Ohé, les tueurs à la balle et au couteau, tuez vite!Ohé, saboteur, attention à ton fardeau : dynamite...

C´est nous qui brisons les barreaux des prisons pour nos frères.La haine à nos trousses et la faim qui nous pousse, la misère.

The partisans' songMate, do you hear the dark flight of the crows over our plains?Mate, do you hear the muffled clamour of enchained countries?Hey, partisans, workers and peasants this is the signaltonight the enemy will know the price of blood and tears...Join the sabotage, get off the hills, comrades!Take the rifles, the machine gun, the grenades out of the straws.Hey, killers, with a bullet or by knife, kill swiftly!Hey, saboteur, take care of your charge: dynamite...It's us smashing the prison bars for our brothers,The hatred on our backs and the hunger that drives us, the misery.

The partisans’ song

• Il y a des pays où les gens au creux des lits font des rêves.Ici, nous, vois-tu, nous on marche et nous on tue, nous on crève...

Ici chacun sait ce qu´il veut, ce qu´il fait quand il passe.Ami, si tu tombes un ami sort de l´ombre à ta place.Demain du sang noir sèchera au grand soleil sur les routes.Chantez, compagnons, dans la nuit la Liberté nous écoute...

Ami, entends-tu le vol noir des corbeaux sur nos plaines?Ami, entends-tu les cris sourds du pays qu´on enchaîne?

• There are countries where people are dreaming deep in their beds,here, we, you see, we're marching on and we're getting killed, we're getting whacked...Yes, we're getting whacked...

• Here everyone knows what he wants, what he does when it takes place,Mate, if you go down, a mate out of the shadows takes your place.Tomorrow black blood will be drying under the sun on the roads,sing, colleagues, freedom is listening to us in the night...

• Sing...Come on, sing...Sing, colleagues!

A song and a story of Resistance.

A Russian guitarist wrote the song in London and the writers Joseph Kessel and Maurice Druon adapted the lyrics.

The song was whistled on the BBC to override the jammings.

The air became popular in France. Whistling meant rallying.

The lyrics were parachuted in France by the RAF in 1943. It became the song of the Resistance.

1ère EE et AALycée Auguste Bouvet

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