On Friday, May 27, 2010, starting at 6 PM at the Villa Thiole Garden, Nice
A ceremony will be held in Nice to mark the 68th anniversary of the creation of the National Council of the Resistance in Paris on June 27, 1943. The ceremony will be attended by François Rabut, Municipal Councilor delegated to Veterans and Army-Nation Relations, the National Association of Veterans and Friends of the Resistance of the Alpes-Maritimes, and the Azureian Association of Friends of the National Resistance Museum.
This ceremony will be followed by a laying of wreaths.
On May 27, 1943, in Paris, Jean Moulin (President of the Unified Movements of the Resistance and Delegate in France of General De Gaulle) brought together about fifteen representatives of internal resistance movements, parties, and unions to establish the National Council of the Resistance. The purpose was to support General De Gaulle against General Giraud, the main interlocutor of the Allies in North Africa, and also to make proposals for post-liberation plans on institutional, economic, social, and media aspects while preparing for national insurrection.
