Tag: WWII
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...
Paris with My Father: A Story of the Second World War
Even as a child, I had known that my father had been in Paris during WWII. He had a book called Our Leave in...
Piaf
The centenary of the birth of Edith Piaf is an opportunity to re-discover the important moments of the singer’s life and exceptional career thanks...
Des Jours de la Honte: Days of Shame at Vel d’Hiv
I’m standing on rue Nélaton at the corner of rue Nocard in the 15th arrondissement in Paris. Just across the street is a building...
