Marc Bloch, a pioneering historian and French Resistance hero, has entered France's Panthéon, becoming the first historian honored with this distinction. According to France 24, the ceremony took place Tuesday amid renewed political debate about Bloch's anti-nationalist legacy—timing that carries special significance with France's presidential election coming within the next year.

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