Jean Moulin.

                                          Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Moulin

How Jean Moulin is remembered today; he is remembered
wearing a scarf due to the scar he has on his neck caused by
a suicide attempt.

• Jean Moulin was born in Béziers (France) on June 20th 1899.
  
• He joined the French army in 1918.
  
• After world war I, he resumed study and obtained a degree in Law.
  
•  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 Marguerite Cerruti in September 1926, but the couple divorced in 1928.
  
• He became France's youngest préfet in the Aveyron département, based in the commune of Rodez, in January 1937.
  
• He supplied French planes to the Republican forces from his position within the Aviation Ministry.
  
• The Germans arrested him in June 1940 because he refused to sign a German document that falsely blamed Senegalese French Army troops for civilian massacres.
• In prison, he attempted suicide by cutting his throat with a piece of broken glass.
  
  
• In November 1940, the Vichy government ordered all préfets to dismiss left-wing elected mayors of towns and villages. When Moulin refused, he was himself removed from office.
  
• Following the departure from Vichy government, Moulin joined the French resistance.
  
• He went to London under the name of Joseph Jean Mercier and met Charles de Gaulle who asked him to unify the various resistance groups.
  
• On June 21, 1943, Jean Moulin was arrested at a meeting with fellow Resistance leaders.
  
•  Moulin never revealed anything to his captors. He died near Metz while on a train in transit towards Germany.
  
• The cause of death was injuries, suffered either during the torture itself or in a suicide attempt.
  
• He died July 8th 1943.
  
• He was a high profile member of the French resistance during World War II.
  
• Remembered today as an emblem of the resistance due to his role in unifying the French under de Gaulle and his courage and death at the hands of the Germans.