The man who directed the bloody repression of the Paris Commune in 1871 himself rests at Père-Lachaise, a few hundred metres from the wall where the Communards were shot. Who is he?
The answer
Head of the executive power of the young Third Republic, Adolphe Thiers directed the brutal repression of the Commune during the Bloody Week. He now rests in Division 55 of Père-Lachaise, not far from the wall where those he fought were executed.
This question belongs to the “The Paris Commune” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.