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1906 – 1944Missak Manouchian (1906-1944)Died 21 February 1944, aged 37Armenian poet and survivor of the Armenian genocide who led a French Resistance group of immigrant fighters in Paris. He and his comrades were captured and shot at Mont-Valérien, after being denounced in the Nazi Affiche Rouge poster. He was inducted into the Panthéon in 2024.