Rare opportunity to understand several sites, sometimes famous, with the light of the past and numerous photos and anecdotes which shed light on the darkest period in French history. Tour in French. For a tour in English, contact us!
Highlights
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All buildings visited are free to access
Meeting Points
Departure
6 Bd Haussmann
exit 5 of the Richelieu-Drouot metro
Return
Concorde
Important Information
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Wheelchair accessible
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
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All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Rare opportunity to understand several sites, sometimes famous, with the light of the past and numerous photos and anecdotes which shed light on the darkest period in French history. Tour in French. For a tour in English, contact us!
Highlights
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in French
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
All buildings visited are free to access
Meeting Points
Departure
6 Bd Haussmann
exit 5 of the Richelieu-Drouot metro
Return
Concorde
Itinerary
1
Bouillon Chartier Grands Boulevards
Back to some dramatic anecdotes and daily life under the Occupation
5 minutes
2
Folies Bergere
Testimonies on the intense artistic life under the Occupation: stars, music halls, cinemas ...
7 minutes
3
Passage Verdeau
The passages keep the atmosphere and the decorations that one could find under the Occupation. Opposite, the building housed a brothel requisitioned by the German army.
5 minutes
4
Hotel Drouot
Dyrating the Occupation, a considerable number of simple objects and works of art were sold at Drouot. Opportunity to explain the spoliation of Jewish property and the incredible story of a German art dealer working for the Reich.
10 minutes
5
Mairie du 9e arrondissement de Paris
The town hall will be an opportunity to approach the Resistance, through an employee of the town hall. But also to address the denunciation and the ordinary resistance in France during the war
10 minutes
6
BNP Paribas maison doree
This ruling will address the role of banks under the occupation. A little before, we will discuss the surprising situation on the Paris stock exchange and also the armistice agreements between France and Germany and the economic as well as political situation which resulted from it.
10 minutes
7
Pathe Opera Premier
Example of a cinema requisitioned for German soldiers. Nearby, another building remained famous for having hosted one of the most important exhibitions in Paris, organized by propaganda promoting anti-Semitism.
10 minutes
8
BRED-Banque Populaire - Espace patrimonial
The Place de l'Opéra is extremely symbolic of the Occupation of Paris. The Kommandantur was there, the Café de la Paix, as well as the Opera, are rich in many anecdotes during this period.
10 minutes
9
Place Vendome
After having discussed the fate of the jewelry stores on rue de la Paix, Place Vendôme will be an opportunity to talk about the Ministry of Justice, occupied by the German army, of one of the very first networks of Resistance, established just opposite , and especially the Ritz hotel, which was a high place of Collaboration and occupation, with many celebrities, who regularly went there.
15 minutes
10
Rue de Castiglione
Most of the large hotls housed the headquarters of the German army. Behind the Meurice hotel, we will be able to approach the main characters linked to these places and the battles of the Liberation which ended here.
10 minutes
11
Place de la Concorde
The Place de la Concore allows you to see the traces of the battles of the Liberation. The memorial plaques are dedicated to the soldiers, resistance fighters or ordinary civilians who took part in them.
On the terrace, several photos of the place as of the places which surround it will help to better understand the period but also to return to the fundamental role of several famous people.
