joined the central committee of the French Communist Party where he remained until 1987. He lived in the department of Loir-et-Cher. In 1994, he received the Grand Croix de la Légion d'honneur and, in 1996, received an honorary citizenship from Spain for his part in the International Brigades. Henri Rol-Tanguy died on 8 September 2002, and received a salutation in the Invalides from Jacques Chirac, the recently re-elected President of France. In 2004 he was commemorated at Place Denfert-Rochereau, in Paris, with a plaque, and the metro station there was sub-titled Colonel Rol-Tanguy. References Further reading Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre, Is Paris Burning?, New York: Pocket Books, 1965. Order of the Liberation: citation and biography External links 1908 births 2002 deaths People from Morlaix French military personnel of World War II French people of the Spanish Civil War Members of the Francs-tireurs et partisans Foundrymen Youth activists Communist members of the French Resistance Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) Recipients of the Resistance Medal Companions of the Liberation Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur International Brigades personnel French Anti-Francoists