Jean Moulin has been called the greatest hero of the French Resistance. But it was 21 years after his death in German hands and 20 years after the liberation of Paris that he was so proclaimed.

Close aide to French Resistance fighter Jean Moulin celebrates 100th birthday Daniel Cordier is one of only four still alive known as the Companions of the Liberation, working to free France from ...

French president Emmanuel Macron will attend a ceremony at Montluc prison in Lyon on Monday afternoon to pay tribute to the French Resistance and to Jean Moulin, one of its most celebrated leaders ...

He tells Hugh Schofield the story of how he first met the Resistance leader Jean Moulin. In 1942 Moulin was sent by General de Gaulle to organise the anti-German underground.

On New Year’s Day 1942, a former government official named Jean Moulin parachuted into Nazi-occupied France on the orders of General Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French movement.

The Death of Jean Moulin On July 8 1943, at the height of World War Two, the leader of the French Resistance was killed by German forces.

Daniel Cordier, French Resistance Hero, Is Dead at 100 He parachuted into occupied France and became an assistant to the legendary Jean Moulin, though only later did he learn Moulin’s true identity.