“I am sure that the French people and all the Freedom fighters will honor our memory with dignity.
» Eighty years to the day after being formulated in a final letter written to his wife, Missak Manouchian's wish will finally be granted.
And in the most solemn of ways since the communist resistance fighter will enter the Pantheon this Wednesday, in the holy of republican holies, as Emmanuel Macron wished.
Manouchian... Even if its pronunciation is often distorted - we say "chian", not "kian" - this name from elsewhere has been part of the national collective memory for a long time.
Associated with the famous Red Poster put up by the Nazis in February 1944, his tragedy was put into verse by Louis Aragon in 1955 then revived in music by Léo Ferré.
This monument to French song, which will be broadcast over the loudspeakers on the Place des Grands Hommes, will be one of the highlights of the ceremony chaired by the Head of State.
Thrills guaranteed.
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