Armenian Resistance hero Manouchian to join France’s Panthéon luminaries

The ashes of Armenian genocide survivor and hero of the French Resistance, Missak Manouchian, will on Wednesday be inducted into the Paris Panthéon – 80 years after he and his comrades were executed during the Nazi occupation. The solemn ceremony, to take place at 6.30pm, shines a light on the significant role that foreigners played in the liberation of France.Manouchian’s wife Mélinée – also part of the Resistance – will join her husband in the mausoleum of revered historical figures in line wi