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Amanda Morrow with RFI

Armenian Resistance hero Manouchian joins France's Panthéon luminaries

France's President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the state ceremony for Missak and Melinee Manouchian's induction into the Pantheon in Paris on 21 February, 2024. AFP - CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

The ashes of Armenian genocide survivor and hero of the French Resistance, Missak Manouchian, were on Wednesday inducted into the Paris Panthéon – 80 years after he and his comrades were executed during the Nazi occupation.

The solemn ceremony shines a light on the significant role that foreigners played in the liberation of France.

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