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{{Short description|French legal expression}}
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'''Mort pour la France''' is a term used in the [[France|French]] legal system for people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.
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[[Image:Montaigut-le-Blanc plaque cimetiere 0707.jpg|right|200 px|thumb|[[Montaigut-le-Blanc, Puy-de-Dôme|Montaigut-le-Blanc]] cemetery, tribute to the soldiers killed during the First World War ([[Puy-de-Dôme]], [[France]]).]]
{{Infobox phrase
| title = ''Mort pour la France''
| image = Montaigut-le-Blanc plaque cimetiere 0707.jpg
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| alt =
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| caption = [[Montaigut-le-Blanc, Puy-de-Dôme|Montaigut-le-Blanc]] cemetery, tribute to the soldiers killed during the First World War ([[Puy-de-Dôme]], France)
| origin =
| meaning = {{lit|Died for France}}
|original_form =
| context = [[World War I]]
| coined_by = ''Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre''
}}

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{{lang|fr|'''Mort pour la France'''}} ({{IPA|fr|mɔʁ puʁ la fʁɑ̃s}}, {{lit|died for France}}) is a legal expression in France and an honour awarded to people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.


== Definition ==
== Definition ==


The term is defined in L.488 to L.492 (bis) of the ''Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codes-et-lois.fr/code-des-pensions-militaires-d-invalidite-et-des-victimes-de-la-guerre/toc-etat-civil-sepultures-mention-mort-pour-france-af038cc-texte-integral |title=Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre - Chapitre Ier : Mention "Mort pour la France" |publisher=Codes-et-lois.fr |date= |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref> It encompasses members of the [[French Armed Forces|French military]] forces who died in action or from an injury or an illness contracted during the service during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]s, the [[First Indochina War|Indochina]] and [[Algeria War]]s, and fighting in [[Morocco]] and the [[Tunisian War of Independence]], and to French civil casualties killed during these conflicts.
The term is defined in L.488 to L.492 (bis) of the ''Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.codes-et-lois.fr/code-des-pensions-militaires-d-invalidite-et-des-victimes-de-la-guerre/toc-etat-civil-sepultures-mention-mort-pour-france-af038cc-texte-integral |title=Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre - Chapitre Ier : Mention "Mort pour la France" |publisher=Codes-et-lois.fr |access-date=2014-05-02}}</ref> It applied to members of the [[French Armed Forces|French military]] forces who died in action or from an injury or an illness contracted during service during the [[World War I|First]] and [[World War II|Second World War]]s, the [[First Indochina War|Indochina]] and [[Algeria War]]s, and fighting in [[Morocco]] and the [[Tunisian War of Independence]], as well as to civilians killed during these conflicts. Both French citizens and volunteers of other citizenship are eligible to be honored.

== Administration ==
The words "Mort pour la France" are recorded on the [[death certificate]].

The status is awarded by
* [[National Office for Veterans and Victims of War|minister responsible for veterans and victims of war]], or
* minister responsible for the merchant marine, or
* state minister responsible for national defense.

Additionally the diploma «Aux morts de la grande guerre, la patrie reconnaissante» is awarded to the family of
* military men of the land or naval forces, who died during the First World War, or
* military men of the land, naval or air forces, or members of [[Free France|Free France / Fighting France]] (Forces françaises libres, FFL / Forces françaises combattantes, FFC), the [[French Forces of the Interior]] (Forces françaises de l'Intérieur, FFI), or the [[French Resistance]], who died during the Second World War.

This diploma is awarded by the minister responsible for veterans and war victims.


== Copyright ==
== Copyright ==
[[Copyright law of France|French copyright law]] gives a special 30 years extension of [[copyright]] to creative artists declared "Mort pour la France" over the usual 70 years post mortem (article L. 123-10).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.celog.fr/cpi/lv1_tt2.htm |title=Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Livre I - Titre II) |publisher=Celog.fr |date= |accessdate=2014-05-02}}</ref><ref>http://www.communia-association.org/2012/12/27/the-little-prince-and-the-public-domain/</ref><ref>{{cite journal|first1=Christina|last1=Angelopoulos|title=The Myth of European Term Harmonisation: 27 Public Domains for the 27 Member States|url=http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2145862|date=13 September 2012|location=Rochester, NY|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Katarzyna|last1=Rybicka|title=The Little Prince: almost in the Public Domain|url=http://www.communia-association.org/2015/01/23/the-little-prince-almost-in-the-public-domain/|accessdate=9 January 2016}}</ref>
[[Copyright law of France|French copyright law]] gives a special 30 years extension of [[copyright]] to creative artists declared "Mort pour la France" over the usual 70 years post mortem (article L. 123-10).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celog.fr/cpi/lv1_tt2.htm |title=Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Livre I - Titre II) |publisher=Celog.fr |access-date=2014-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829083940/http://www.celog.fr/cpi/lv1_tt2.htm |archive-date=2011-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.communia-association.org/2012/12/27/the-little-prince-and-the-public-domain/|title=The Little Prince and the Public Domain|date=27 December 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=[[International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law]]|first1=Christina|last1=Angelopoulos|title=The Myth of European Term Harmonisation: 27 Public Domains for the 27 Member States|ssrn=2145862|date=13 September 2012|location=Rochester, NY}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1=Katarzyna|last1=Rybicka|title=The Little Prince: almost in the Public Domain|date=23 January 2015|url=http://www.communia-association.org/2015/01/23/the-little-prince-almost-in-the-public-domain/|access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref>


== Writers ==
=== Writers ===
List of writers officially declared "Mort pour la France".
List of writers officially declared "Mort pour la France".


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* [[Pierre Brossolette]] (1944)
* [[Pierre Brossolette]] (1944)
* [[Benjamin Crémieux]] (1944)
* [[Benjamin Crémieux]] (1944)
* [[Louis Codet]] (1914)
* {{ill|Louis Codet|fr}} (1914)
* [[Jacques Decour]] (1942)
* [[Jacques Decour]] (1942)
* [[Jean Desbordes]] (1944)
* {{ill|Jean Desbordes|fr}} (1944)
* [[Robert Desnos]] (1945)
* [[Robert Desnos]] (1945)
* [[Luc Dietrich]] (1944)
* [[Luc Dietrich]] (1944)
* [[Benjamin Fondane]] (1944)
* [[Benjamin Fondane]] (1944)
* [[Charles Hainchelin]] (1944)
* [[Maurice Halbwachs]] (1945)
* [[Maurice Halbwachs]] (1945)
* [[Max Jacob]] (1944)
* [[Max Jacob]] (1944)
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* [[Charles Péguy]] (1914)
* [[Charles Péguy]] (1914)
* [[Louis Pergaud]] (1915)
* [[Louis Pergaud]] (1915)
* [[André Ruplinger]] (1914)
* {{ill|André Ruplinger|fr}} (1914)
* [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] (1944)
* [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] (1944)
* [[Louis de la Salle]] (1915)
* {{ill|Louis-Félix de La Salle de Rochemaure|fr}} (1915)
* [[Albert Thierry]] (1915)
* {{ill|Albert Thierry|fr}} (1915)
* [[Georges Valois]] (1945)
* [[Georges Valois]] (1945)
* [[François Vernet]] (1945)
* {{ill|François Vernet|fr}} (1945)
* [[Jean de la Ville de Mirmont]] (1914)
* [[Jean de la Ville de Mirmont]] (1914)
* [[Jean Zay]] (1944)
* [[Jean Zay]] (1944)
*[[Raymond Naves]] ([[:fr:Raymond_Naves|fr]]) (1944)


== Composers ==
=== Composers ===
List of composers officially declared "Mort pour la France".
List of composers officially declared "Mort pour la France".
* [[Jehan Alain]] (1940)
* [[Jehan Alain]] (1940)
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* [[René Vierne]] (1918)
* [[René Vierne]] (1918)


=== Resistance fighters ===
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==References==
List of resistance fighters officially declared "Mort pour la France"
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{{Reflist}}

* [[Guy Môquet]] (1941)
* [[Jean Moulin]] (1943)
* [[Marie Politzer]] (1943)
* [[Missak Manouchian]] (1944)
* [[Szlama Grzywacz]] (1944)
* [[Thomas Elek]] (1944)
* [[Spartaco Fontanot]] (1944)
* [[Wolf Wajsbrot]] (1944)
* [[Joseph Epstein]] (1944)
* [[Sarkis Bedikian]] (1944)

=== Others ===
Others officially declared "Mort pour la France".
* [[Georges Peignot]] (1915)
* [[Roger Claudel]] (1944)
* [[Raoul Minot]] (1945)<ref>{{cite news|first=Philippe |last=Broussard |title=La photo retrouvée de Raoul Minot, le « photographe fantôme » du Paris occupé |trans-title=The photo of Raoul Minot, the “ghost photographer” of occupied Paris, found |url=https://www.lemonde.fr/series-d-ete/article/2024/09/14/la-photo-retrouvee-de-raoul-minot-le-photographe-fantome-du-paris-occupe_6317227_3451060.html |publisher=[[Le Monde]] |lang=French |date=2024-09-14 |accessdate=2024-09-14}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of French villages destroyed in World War I]]
* [[List of French villages destroyed in World War I]]

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==References==
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{{Reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 15 December 2024

Mort pour la France
Montaigut-le-Blanc cemetery, tribute to the soldiers killed during the First World War (Puy-de-Dôme, France)
Meaninglit. 'Died for France'
ContextWorld War I
Coined byCode des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre

Mort pour la France (French pronunciation: [mɔʁ puʁ la fʁɑ̃s], lit. 'died for France') is a legal expression in France and an honour awarded to people who died during a conflict, usually in service of the country.

Definition

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The term is defined in L.488 to L.492 (bis) of the Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de guerre.[1] It applied to members of the French military forces who died in action or from an injury or an illness contracted during service during the First and Second World Wars, the Indochina and Algeria Wars, and fighting in Morocco and the Tunisian War of Independence, as well as to civilians killed during these conflicts. Both French citizens and volunteers of other citizenship are eligible to be honored.

Administration

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The words "Mort pour la France" are recorded on the death certificate.

The status is awarded by

Additionally the diploma «Aux morts de la grande guerre, la patrie reconnaissante» is awarded to the family of

  • military men of the land or naval forces, who died during the First World War, or
  • military men of the land, naval or air forces, or members of Free France / Fighting France (Forces françaises libres, FFL / Forces françaises combattantes, FFC), the French Forces of the Interior (Forces françaises de l'Intérieur, FFI), or the French Resistance, who died during the Second World War.

This diploma is awarded by the minister responsible for veterans and war victims.

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French copyright law gives a special 30 years extension of copyright to creative artists declared "Mort pour la France" over the usual 70 years post mortem (article L. 123-10).[2][3][4][5]

Writers

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List of writers officially declared "Mort pour la France".

Composers

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List of composers officially declared "Mort pour la France".

Resistance fighters

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List of resistance fighters officially declared "Mort pour la France"

Others

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Others officially declared "Mort pour la France".

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Code des pensions militaires d'invalidité et des victimes de la guerre - Chapitre Ier : Mention "Mort pour la France"". Codes-et-lois.fr. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  2. ^ "Code de la Propriété Intellectuelle (Livre I - Titre II)". Celog.fr. Archived from the original on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2014-05-02.
  3. ^ "The Little Prince and the Public Domain". 27 December 2012.
  4. ^ Angelopoulos, Christina (13 September 2012). "The Myth of European Term Harmonisation: 27 Public Domains for the 27 Member States". International Review of Intellectual Property and Competition Law. Rochester, NY. SSRN 2145862.
  5. ^ Rybicka, Katarzyna (23 January 2015). "The Little Prince: almost in the Public Domain". Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  6. ^ Broussard, Philippe (2024-09-14). "La photo retrouvée de Raoul Minot, le « photographe fantôme » du Paris occupé" [The photo of Raoul Minot, the “ghost photographer” of occupied Paris, found] (in French). Le Monde. Retrieved 2024-09-14.
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