[HIGHLIGHTS] Stéphane Courtois: “The death of Missak Manouchian arouses admiration but his heroization was constructed by the PCF”

Stéphane Courtois: “The death of Missak Manouchian arouses admiration but his heroization was constructed by the PCF”. Emmanuel Macron wants to honor a victim of Nazi barbarism and the exemplary journey of an Armenian welcomed by France.

Before his entry, in February 1943, into the Parisian Francs-tireurs et supporters of immigrant labor (FTP-MOI), his activity was propagandistic. From March 17 to his arrest on November 16, 1943, he participated in only one action which drew the wrath of the military leader, Boris Holban.