National Resistance Day in Béziers: a ceremony and the unveiling of the bust of an Israeli hero organized this Monday

Le buste de l'israélien Aner Shapiro sera dévoilé aux côté de celui de Mahsa Amini ce lundi. Midi Libre – SYLVIE CAMBON

This Monday, May 27, will take place the National Day of Resistance. A ceremony will be held in the morning in Béziers.

A ceremony will begin at 10 a.m., followed half an hour later by the unveiling of the bust of Mr. Aner Shapiro on Ukraine Alley Free, young Israeli who sacrificed his life on October 7 during the Hamas attack. The mayor of the city had already announced this tribute in the municipal council.

On the occasion of the National Day of the Resistance, Emmanuelle and Robert Ménard, respectively deputy of Hérault and mayor of Béziers, Michel Moulin deputy in charge of citizenship, relations with associations and veterans, Émile Fort, municipal councilor responsible for veterans, as well as the municipal council of Béziers will be present this Monday on the Place du 14July.

A hero

Since July 19, 2013, the National Day of Resistance has been established by the National Assembly on May 27. It corresponds to the date of the first meeting of the National Council of the Resistance (CNR), organized clandestinely and chaired by Jean Moulin in Paris, specifies the Ministry of Defense.

"He sacrificed himself on October 7th so that a certain number of people would not die. Instead of thinking about saving his skin, he threw back, in quick succession, seven grenades that were thrown inside the place where he was hiding. was a refugee with others. At the eighth, it exploded", Robert Ménard had declared. Please note that Aner Shapiro's family will be present alongside a survivor of this attack.

This new bust will join that of Mahsa Amini which was put in place in May 2023, this 22-year-old Iranian woman who died a few days after her arrest by the morals police who became "symbol of freedom" in the country.