The true story of Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, resistance fighters at the Panthéon

2024-02-21T15:33:38.134Z

Highlights: The true story of Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, resistance fighters at the Panthéon. Two foreigners, two Armenians, who, alongside a few other committed communists, chose to defend France from the Nazi occupiers during the Second World War. What was their action during the Occupation? Why was the role of French foreigners in the Resistance long veiled? What were the different stages that led to the pantheonization of Missing Manouchi and his wife? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Gérard Streiff, journalist, author of the biography "Missak and Mélinée Manouchi"

Stéphane Bern tells the story of a resistance fighter who enters the Pantheon with his wife. Two foreigners, two Armenians, who, alongside a few other committed communists, chose to defend France from the Nazi occupiers during the Second World War. Or the true story of Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, resistance fighters at the Panthéon... What was their action during the Occupation? Why was the role of French foreigners in the Resistance long veiled? What were the different stages that led to the pantheonization of Missak Manouchian and his wife? To talk about it, Stéphane Bern receives Gérard Streiff, journalist, author of the biography "Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, a couple in Resistance" (Editions de l'Archipel) and Jean-Pierre Sakoun, president of Unité Laïque, who signs the preface.