Heroes of the Resistance is a set of twenty-three

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issued from 1957 to 1961 by La Poste, commemorating 27 members of the

French Resistance The French Resistance (french: La Résistance) was a collection of organisations that fought the German occupation of France during World War II, Nazi occupation of France and the Collaborationism, collaborationist Vichy France, Vichy régim ...

who died during the

Occupation of France The Military Administration in France (german: Militärverwaltung in Frankreich; french: Occupation de la France par l'Allemagne) was an interim occupation authority established by Nazi Germany during World War II to administer the occupied zo ...

between 1940 and 1945 (apart from Edmond Debeaumarché, who died in 1959). Of the 27, two were Catholic monks and nuns and three were women.

Commemorated heroes

;Issued 18 May 1957 *

Jean Moulin Jean Pierre Moulin (; 20 June 1899 – 8 July 1943) was a French civil servant and French Resistance, resistant who served as the first President of the National Council of the Resistance during World War II from 27 May 1943 until his death less ...

(1899-1943) * D'Estienne d'Orves (1901–1941) * Robert Keller (1899–1945) *

Pierre Brossolette Pierre Brossolette (25 June 1903 – 22 March 1944) was a French journalist, left-wing politician and major hero of the French Resistance in World War II. He ran an intelligence hub of Parisian resistance at the Rue de la Pompe, before servi ...

(1903–1944) * Jean-Baptiste Lebas (1878–1944) ;Issued 19 April 1958 * Jean Cavailles (1903–1944) * Fred Scamaroni (1914–1943) * Simone Michel-Levy (1906–1945) *

Jacques Bingen Jacques Bingen (16 March 1908 – 12 May 1944) was a high-ranking member of the French Resistance during World War II who, when captured by the Gestapo, chose to commit suicide rather than risk divulging what he knew under torture. Early life Bin ...

(1908–1944) ;Issued 25 April 1959 * Five Martyrs of the lycée Buffon ::Jean-Marie Arthus (1925–1943) ::Jacques Baudry (1922–1943) ::Pierre Benoit (1925–1943) ::Pierre Grelot (1923–1943) ::Lucien Legros (1924–1943) * Yvonne Le Roux (1882–1945) * Mederic Vedy (1902–1944) * Louis Martin-Bret (1898–1944) * Gaston Moutardier (1889–1944) ;Issued 26 March 1960 * Edmond Debeaumarché (1906–1959) * Pierre Masse (1879–1942) * Maurice Ripoche (1895–1944) * Leonce Vieljeux (1865–1944) * Rene Bonpain (1908–1943) ;Issued 22 April 1961 *

Jacques Renouvin Jacques Renouvin (6 October 1905 – 24 January 1944) was a royalist militant in France during the Second World War and hero of the French resistance. Born in Paris, Renouvin studied law and initially became a lawyer. He initially supported Actio ...

(1905–1944) * Lionel Dubray (1923–1944) * Paul Gateaud (1889–1944) * Mother Elizabeth (1890–1945)

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