
I think that the subject of my oral presentation is a good occasion to do an article on my blog.
So I’m going to present to you Guy Moquet’s life.
As you know Nicolas Sarokzy decreed that all high school childrens should read Guy Moquet’s letter on 13th october, the day of his execution.
But Who does really know who was Guy Moquet ?
Guy Moquet was born in Paris in 1924. He was originally from a communist family. He attended the lycée Carnot in Paris. He was a militant of the “Jeunesse communsite”.
He was 16 when France was invaded. In october 1939, his father was arrested, as a lot of communists on this period. This event strengthened his engagement for the communist advocate. He was refuged in the department of the Manche with his mother and his brother, but he decided to come back to Paris to commite to Resistance. For example, he passed out (distributed) fliers with communist ideas, and to ask for communists captives discharge (liberation). He was arrested in October 1940, by 3 french policemen because communist propaganda was unauthorized. He went to the jail and then to a detention camp of Choisel (near to Chateaubriand, in Loire Atlantique).
On 20th October 1941, a commandant of the occupation troops was executed in Nantes by 3 young communists. Vichy’s Government decided to select communist hostages. So, 2 days later, 27 hostages were shot. Guy Moquet was the youngest. This execution chocked the population.
During his detention, Guy Moquet has writtten a lot of letters to his family. The most famous is one that he wrote the eve of his execution.
So I’m going to present to you Guy Moquet’s life.
As you know Nicolas Sarokzy decreed that all high school childrens should read Guy Moquet’s letter on 13th october, the day of his execution.
But Who does really know who was Guy Moquet ?
Guy Moquet was born in Paris in 1924. He was originally from a communist family. He attended the lycée Carnot in Paris. He was a militant of the “Jeunesse communsite”.
He was 16 when France was invaded. In october 1939, his father was arrested, as a lot of communists on this period. This event strengthened his engagement for the communist advocate. He was refuged in the department of the Manche with his mother and his brother, but he decided to come back to Paris to commite to Resistance. For example, he passed out (distributed) fliers with communist ideas, and to ask for communists captives discharge (liberation). He was arrested in October 1940, by 3 french policemen because communist propaganda was unauthorized. He went to the jail and then to a detention camp of Choisel (near to Chateaubriand, in Loire Atlantique).
On 20th October 1941, a commandant of the occupation troops was executed in Nantes by 3 young communists. Vichy’s Government decided to select communist hostages. So, 2 days later, 27 hostages were shot. Guy Moquet was the youngest. This execution chocked the population.
During his detention, Guy Moquet has writtten a lot of letters to his family. The most famous is one that he wrote the eve of his execution.
This is this the letter that Nicolas Sarkozy choose. So every year, on 13th October high school childrens should read this one.
Some history teachers disagree with this “new celebration”.
Some history teachers disagree with this “new celebration”.
In my opinion, this in not an efficient maner to learn to the childrens, the resistants’ stories. In fact, this letter doesn’t explain it in spite of the fact that it is very touching.
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