1. By Lucas

2. Jean Moulin was born in Béziers. He grew up wanting to be an artist, however for practical reasons he turned to politics. In 1938 he joined the Aveyron as France’s youngest prefect. Jean Moulin still kept up his artwork throughout his political career, publishing his political caricatures

3. under the pseudonym Romanin. A painting of his red tiled mas in Provence.

4. When war broke out, Moulin was determined to fight and he immediately drafted, but he was such a trusted administrative figure that he was ordered to return to his post in Eure-et-Loir. When France was invaded, Moulin stayed at his post and did all he could to assist the refugees flocking into his region. Unfortunately, in 1940 he was arrested by the NAZIS.

5. Whilst under arrest, he was asked to sign a paper falsely accusing the French army of slaughtering innocent civilians. He refused and was tortured, eventually cutting his own throat instead of signing the accusation. His attempt at suicide failed and he was released from hospital; afterwards returning to his post at the Prefecture.

7. He spent several months in Marseille, where he made contact with emerging Resistance networks. Many of the future Resistance leaders had converged in the port city at one point or another since the summer of 1940, and Moulin met with them, gathering information he could take back to London.

8. Three years later, on the 21 st June 1943, Moulin was arrested during a meeting of Resistance leaders in the suburb of Lyon. He was interrogated there and in Paris by the Gestapo (the German police). When they ordered him to write down the names of key Resistance figures, Moulin, ever the artist, caricatured the feared Klaus Barbie, his interrogator. He died presumably on the 8 th July 1943, from the injuries caused by weeks of torture wile being taken to a concentration camp. He had not revealed anything and the Resistance could carry on.

9. Many streets, landmarks and schools in France were later named after Jean Moulin.

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