# Jean Moulin captured (1943)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1943-jean-moulin-captured
Location: Caluire

The key resistance organizer was arrested by the Gestapo and died after torture. Within the broader Occupation, Liberation & Fourth Republic period, Defeat in 1940 divided France between Vichy, occupation and resistance. Liberation restored republican government, followed by reconstruction, welfare-state building, European integration and violent decolonization under the Fourth Republic. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Philippe Pétain / Charles de Gaulle (Vichy French State / Free France and provisional republican authority). Jean Moulin captured mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Jean Moulin captured mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [Charles de Gaulle](https://history-france.com/rulers/charles-de-gaulle-1940)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Jean Moulin captured](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Jean+Moulin+captured&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Jean Moulin captured](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Jean+Moulin+captured)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)