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What does it take to be a national hero in France?

By France24
04 December 2021   |   12:55 pm
American-born entertainer-turned-resistance fighter and civil rights activist Josephine Baker is the latest to get the ultimate recognition from the French state: entombment in the Pantheon. That begs the questions: what does it take to be a national hero in France?

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