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Member of the French Resistance during World War II
Born Jean Pierre MOULIN
High-profile member of the French Resistance during World War II
Born on June 20, 1899 in Béziers, France , France
Died on July 8, 1943 in Metz, France
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He married Marguérite Cerruti in September 1926, but the couple divorced in 1928.
... Moulin was born in Béziers, France, and enlisted in the French Army in 1918. After World War I, he resumed his studies and obtained a law degree in 1921. He then entered the prefectural administration as chef de cabinet to the deputy of Savoie in 1922, then as sous-préfet of Albertville, from 1925 to 1930. He was France's youngest sous-préfet at the time.
He married Marguérite Cerruti in September 1926, but the couple divorced in 1928.
He was appointed sous-préfet of Châteaulin, Brittany in 1930, when he drew political cartoons for the newspaper Le Rire on the side under the pseudonym Romanin. He also illustrated books by the Breton poet Tristan Corbière, including an etching for La Pastorale de Conlie, Corbière's poem about Camp Conlie where many Breton soldiers died in 1870 (during the Franco-Prussian War). He also made friends with the Breton poets Saint-Pol-Roux in Camaret and Max Jacob in Quimper.
He became France's youngest préfet in the Aveyron département, based in the commune of Rodez, in January 1937.
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