His life was worthy of a novel. An Armenian orphan who arrived in France as a stateless refugee and became a poet and Communist activist, Missak Manouchian was a figure of the French Resistance during World War II.
Exactly 80 years to the day after his execution by the Nazis, Manouchian is taking his place in the Pantheon mausoleum alongside France's other national heroes, becoming the first foreigner to receive the honour.
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