French Resistance hero and historian Marc Bloch enters France's Pantheon
Key takeaways
- French Resistance fighter and pioneering historian Marc Bloch entered France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first historian to receive one of the nation's highest honours.
- By: FRANCE 24 French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the induction ceremony at the Pantheon for late French historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal on June 23, 2026.
- Soldiers carried in two symbolic caskets representing Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne into the former church in the French capital's Latin Quarter.
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French Resistance fighter and pioneering historian Marc Bloch entered France's Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first historian to receive one of the nation's highest honours. The ceremony comes amid renewed political debate over his anti-nationalist legacy less than a year before France's presidential election.
By: FRANCE 24 French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech during the induction ceremony at the Pantheon for late French historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne Vidal on June 23, 2026. © Alice Sacco, Reuters French Resistance fighter Marc Bloch, who was tortured and executed by the Gestapo in 1944, entered the Pantheon on Tuesday, becoming the first historian to receive the honour bestowed on exceptional figures in politics, culture and science.
Soldiers carried in two symbolic caskets representing Marc Bloch and his wife Simonne into the former church in the French capital's Latin Quarter.