page_title: National Council of the Resistance
section_title: Arrest of Jean Moulin
hierarchical_section_title: National Council of the Resistance / Arrest of Jean Moulin
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Proposition de logo de la Résistance française (Jean Moulin et Croix de Lorraine).
context_page_description: The National Council of the Resistance, in French Conseil National de la Résistance, was the body that directed and coordinated the different movements of the French Resistance: the press, trade unions and members of political parties hostile to the Vichy regime, starting from mid-1943.
context_section_description: However, shortly after the CNR's creation, its president Jean Moulin was arrested at Caluire by the SS. Over the next three days, Moulin was tortured by Klaus Barbie himself, and would die during his transfer to Germany. He divulged no information to his torturers and his silence was likely to have allowed the CNR to pursue its activities. 
  After Moulin's capture and death, the Conseil National de la Résistance decided for security reasons to end its plenary sessions and created an executive office of five members, with each member representing his own group and two others. The new office was under the direction of Alexandre Parodi, delegate-general, and Georges Bidault, the new president. On September 9, 1944, Louis Saillant succeeded Bidault as head of the CNR.
caption: Drawing of Jean Moulin based on iconic photo with hat and scarf, cross of Lorraine in background
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