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Jean Moulin — Where the Story Was Set

2 real historical locations · France

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A French biographical drama about Jean Moulin, who became the most important figure in the French Resistance — unifying the fragmented movements under de Gaulle's authority before being captured by Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie in Lyon in 1943 and tortured to death.

CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning France.

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Lyon, France

French Resistance leader Jean Moulin is betrayed and arrested at a meeting in Caluire near Lyon in June 1943 — subsequently tortured to death by Klaus Barbie...

Jean Moulin was de Gaulle's personal representative in France, who unified disparate Resistance movements into the National Council of the Resistance. Arrested on 21 June 1943 at a doctor's house in Caluire-et-Cuire. ...

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Chartres, France

As Prefect of Eure-et-Loir, Moulin refuses German demands to sign a document blaming French soldiers for German atrocities — cutting his own throat rather th...

Jean Moulin served as Prefect of Chartres from 1939. On 17 June 1940 German soldiers forced him to sign a document falsely attributing atrocities to Senegalese troops. Rather than comply, he cut his own throat with br...

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