Tag: Mélinée
Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, two foreign resistance fighters enter the Pantheon
The stateless poet Missak Manouchian and his wife Mélinée as well as 23 of his comrades-in-arms enter the Panthéon in Paris this Wednesday, February 21. 80 years after their death,…
Missak and Mélinée Manouchian at the Pantheon: they are “freedom fighters who are honored”
Missak Manouchian and his wife Mélinée enter the Pantheon on February 21, 2024. A ceremony which takes place 80 years after the execution of Missak and that of his fellow…
Mélinée Manouchian: who was Missak Manouchian’s resistance companion?
Her love story and her journey are closely linked to her activist fight. Armenian communist resistance fighter Mélinée Manouchian will be buried at the Pantheon with her husband, Missak Manouchian,…
Missak and Mélinée Manouchian, symbols of foreign resistance in France
On February 21, 2023, the ashes of Missak and Mélinée Manouchian enter the Pantheon. The one who was the operational leader of the foreign communist resistance in France was shot…