A member of the Commune, put in charge of the War ministry towards the end of the siege, this man died on 25 May 1871 after climbing alone, unarmed, onto a barricade, the red sash of the Commune's elected members clearly visible on his chest. Who is he?
The answer
Charles Delescluze, a member of the Committee of Public Safety and later the Commune's delegate for war, climbed onto a barricade at the Place du Château-d'Eau on 25 May 1871, unarmed, his red Commune sash clearly visible. He was shot down at once. His grave, in Division 49, itself echoes the shape of a barricade.
This question belongs to the “The Paris Commune” series of the Père-Lachaise quiz: ten questions, a story behind every right answer.