Jean Moulin - one of the heroes of World War II, the French Resistance and colleague Charles de Gaulle. The main merit of Jean Moulin is that with his help managed to unite disparate groups and form a single underground resistance movement. Before the war, Jean Moulin served as prefect of Chartres, in 1943 he was arrested by the Gestapo and died from torture. Resistance hero was buried in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, and in 1964 his ashes were transferred to the Pantheon - the tomb of prominent citizens of France.

Name Jean Moulin are streets and schools, the University of Lyon 3. In Paris in 1994, a museum was opened by Jean Moulin, also known as the Museum of Liberation of Paris. Jean Moulin devoted a considerable part of the exhibition. The second part of the exposition of the museum tells about the activities of the outstanding commander during the Second World War - French Marshal Philippe Leclerc. At the heart of this museum - two private collection of documents and objects. One of the collection was given by the fund in memory of Marshal Leclerc, another - a friend of Jean Moulin Antoinette Sasse.

In Bordeaux center named after Jean Moulin was established much earlier, in 1967. The initiator of its creation was Jacques Stade Chaban-Delmas, a former mayor of Bordeaux, also member of the Resistance movement. The center is a national and is located in a XIX century building. Within the walls of the center are the Museum of the Resistance, deportation and fighting the forces of free France, and two more of the museum - Decorative Arts and History of Aquitaine.

The museum contains exhibits resistance that create insight into the work of the French underground. There are documents, campaign materials (posters), correspondence Resistance fighters and weapons.