Tag: World War II
The Beautiful Spy: The Unsung Heroine of World War II
On a hot and humid July evening in 1944, Gestapo officers knocked on the door of Germaine Pezet, a Parisian housewife then living in...
Book Review: Haunting Paris, A Novel by Mamta Chaudhry
Every country has moments in its history—often much longer than moments—that are a source of profound national shame.
In this regard, despite her reputation as...
Charles de Gaulle Statue at Metro Clemenceau
In the artist's own words:
This watercolor shows the statue of Charles de Gaulle found in front of the Grand Palais near the "bottom" of...
A Girl’s War: A Childhood Lost, Part 1 of 2
Operation Pied Piper
The evacuation of Britain's cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people...
Madame Gres Exhibition at Bourdelle Museum
Musée Bourdelle in Paris is now hosting Madame Grès: La Couture à L’œuvre (Couture at Work), the first-ever exhibit devoted to the haute couture designer known...
Creperie des Canettes: Delicious Crepes
La crêperie des Canettes, Paris 6th. Photo by patrianova.
It’s easy to get blasé about crêpes in Paris. If you’re anything like me, after a brief but...
Paris Catacombes: Where 6 Million Parisians RIP (with video)
Since the founding of Paris, Parisians were used to burying their dead in cemeteries, often close to churches, according to the Roman ...
Casus Belli?
Is it just me or has someone else made the connection?
In 1870 the so-called Dépêche d’Ems had the French press in a tizzy as...
In the Village Cemetery (at Essoyes)
I am fortunate to be able to spend parts of each year in a lovely little village in Champagne.
Essoyes (ESS-wah) was the home of...
L’Appel du 18 Juin
If you are in France this latter part of June you are not going to escape hearing or hearing about "The Call," "L'Appel du...
Americans in Wartime Paris
Summer 2011 marks 71 years since Nazi troops entered and occupied Paris on June 14, 1940 after France, a week earlier, had recognized defeat...
