Historian and Resistance fighter Marc Bloch will enter France's Panthéon this week — a rare honour reserved for the nation's most revered historical figures. During World War Two, Bloch was captured and tortured by the Gestapo, and executed in nineteen forty-four. The ceremony carries outsized political weight: an election looms within months, and Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party sees a genuine shot at power. According to France 24, this tribute to a wartime hero who stood against fascism has become distinctly symbolic in France's present moment.

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