Showing Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation by Charles Glass

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-02-04 Pages: 384 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins UK An elegantly written and highly informative account of a group of Americans living in Paris when the city fell to the Nazis in June 1940.In the early hours of 14 June 1940. Nazi troops paraded through the streets of Paris. marking the beginning of the citys four-year occupation. French troops withdrew in order to avoid a battle and the potential destruction of their capital. It wasnt long before German tanks rumbled past the Arc de Triomphe and down the Champs Elysees to the Place de la Concorde.The American community in Paris was the largest in Continental Europe. totalling approximately 30.000 before the Second World War. Although Ambassodor Bullitt advised those without vital business in the city to leave in 1939. over half of the Americans in Paris chose to stay Many had professional...