Emmanuel Macron will chair the national tribute which will be paid Friday at 3 p.m. at the Invalides to Hubert Germain, the last Companion of the Liberation who died at the age of 101, announced the Elysee Palace on Wednesday evening.
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This tribute
"will take the form of a military ceremony known as funeral honors including various military symbols recalling in particular his engagement in the Foreign Legion and during which the President of the Republic will deliver a funeral eulogy"
, indicated the presidency in a press release. .
“An early fighter in the Free French Forces from 1940, Hubert Germain worked until the end to promote and perpetuate the values of the Resistance and the Liberation, ensuring that the Order, including he was the last incarnation, becoming a compass of citizenship, especially among the youngest, ”
added the Élysée. After this national tribute, Emmanuel Macron will also preside over the burial ceremony of Hubert Germain on November 11 at the Arc de Triomphe and Mont-Valérien, as the Elysee had announced on Wednesday.
Former Gaullist deputy and Minister of Georges Pompidou, Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, Hubert Germain celebrated his 101st birthday on August 6.
Only 1,038 people, including six women, received the title of Companion of the Liberation.
Hubert Germain will be buried in Mont-Valérien, the main place of execution of resistance fighters during the Second World War.
