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Paris WW2 The German Occupation Small group or Private tour
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Département de Paris
About
Led by one of the top guides in Paris who is an expert in this field, this is a premium small group tour with limited numbers to maintain high quality You WILL be able Interact and discuss the subjects with your guide at all times unlike generic large group tours that most companies run ! A tour for people who want to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the Occupation of Paris that exposes and breaks stereotypes and idea`s that stood for over 70 years after it`s end and tells them the TRUE story! From Collaboration, to resistance, to Liberation. This is the REAL story On this tour we ask WHY not just where and when?! Learn why for the French this period is often referred to as 'les a...
Highlights
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Semi Private Bookings limited to 4 separate groups per tour 8-10 people max to maintain high quality
Fully Private tours available with personalised itenerary , flexible start times and meeting pointss
All small group tours require a minimum of 4 people in total to run
Meeting Points
Departure
Place Colette
We meet outside exit 5 ,Place Collette , of the Palais Royal Metro station which is on lignes 1 and lignes 7
It's the MOST unique metro entrance in Paris consisting of 2 domes made of multi coloured Murano glass beads
Its opposite the Comedie Francaise Theatre on Place Collete
Return
Préfecture de Police
Again this ia an optional ending point for Private tours or group tours on request Again I try to offer some flexibillity for people in line with any particular intersts they may express within practical reason of time available AgainThis will be diiscussed before the tour
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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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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IMPORTANT ALL TOURS REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 4 PEOPLE TO RUN
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For this reason bookings made less than 2 weeks before the requested date will usually only be accepted if they meet the minimum required number of people OR the tour already has the minimum required number of people already booked
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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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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Paris WW2 The German Occupation Small group or Private tour
(132) Reviews
Département de Paris
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About
Led by one of the top guides in Paris who is an expert in this field, this is a premium small group tour with limited numbers to maintain high quality You WILL be able Interact and discuss the subjects with your guide at all times unlike generic large group tours that most companies run ! A tour for people who want to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the Occupation of Paris that exposes and breaks stereotypes and idea`s that stood for over 70 years after it`s end and tells them the TRUE story! From Collaboration, to resistance, to Liberation. This is the REAL story On this tour we ask WHY not just where and when?! Learn why for the French this period is often referred to as 'les a...
Highlights
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
From 3 hours to 4 hours
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Semi Private Bookings limited to 4 separate groups per tour 8-10 people max to maintain high quality
Fully Private tours available with personalised itenerary , flexible start times and meeting pointss
All small group tours require a minimum of 4 people in total to run
Meeting Points
Departure
Place Colette
We meet outside exit 5 ,Place Collette , of the Palais Royal Metro station which is on lignes 1 and lignes 7
It's the MOST unique metro entrance in Paris consisting of 2 domes made of multi coloured Murano glass beads
Its opposite the Comedie Francaise Theatre on Place Collete
Return
Préfecture de Police
Again this ia an optional ending point for Private tours or group tours on request Again I try to offer some flexibillity for people in line with any particular intersts they may express within practical reason of time available AgainThis will be diiscussed before the tour
Itinerary
1
Palais-Royal
IMPORTANT The Information written above under "WHAT TO EXPECT " is NOT written by me and is INCORRECT
It is written by VIATOR using what seems to be AI and It just makes things up we don't even do ! WE DO NOT MEET AT THE TUILERIES METRO nor do we visit any cinemas or Maxims usually or go to the SHOAH MEMROIAL on the GENERAL GROUP tour or finish the tour in the Marais UNLESS this has been REQUESTED as part of a Private Shoah tour
We actually meet at the Palais Royal Metro Exit 5 on Place Collette opposite the Comedie Francaise Theatre
We then proceed to visit the surrounding area between the Louvre to the and Place de La Concorde to the West and the streets around which includes a collection of Important sites linked to all aspects of the Occcupation
ThIs Information can be found under "MEETING POINT " and the CORRECT overview information under the numbered points below this so PLEASE IGNORE "WHAT TO EXPECT" and make sure to read all these instead
Thanks everyone!
15 minutes
2
Louvre / Palais-Royal
There is no totally fixed Generic Itinerary on this tour It focuses on QUALITY so the number of sites we visit may vary from tour to tour as I allow people to ask questions in more depth and spend longer at certain sites if they particularly interest them
I will list selection of the sites in the area we do usually visit below though
This Is not like visiting a museum where everything Is laid out chronologically or a set of landmarks telling the story of one area of Paris
Its a story that took place all over a large City In a unique 4yr period
As we have only a few hours I try to give you the best snapshot I can In the time we have of WHY people behaved thé way they did and the context directing their behaviour French and German and Foreign
Its more about people than places , with the places being the stage for the actors
So we çan go from looking at a Innocuous door that people walk past every day to a grand hôtel liké thé Meurice or Ritz
All are part of the story equally
10 minutes
3
Rue de Rivoli
It Is around this area and Its streets that we will find many significant sites I let people have some flexibility , ask questions and don't rush them
Amongst the sites we MAY visit are
The first secret HQ of the Gestapo in Paris
The HQ of Frances largest collaborationist group the PPF and their leader
The Louvre (Exterior)
The Hotel Meurice German Army HQ for Paris
The Place Vendome - Site of the Ritz hotel (Chanel lved here the Anti-Nazis in the German forces met here and where the Final Solution was first introduced to France)
The Societe Maurice Duclos- the secret site of the very first Allied Spy network in France and radio
The Continental Hotel - Important German Army controlled hotel
Rue Rouget de L'isle -Where the organic French Reisistance really began in October 1940
Jeu de Paume - where the Nazis stored, processed and looted art before being sent to Germany
Place de La Concorde- Many secret and visible scars from the fighting for the Liberation of Paris
2 hours and 15 minutes
4
Place de la Concorde
It is around this area that our tour will end
The tour time can be between 3-3.5 hrs
As mentioned above on this monumental square, origianlly Place Louis XV when it was completed in the 18th Century just years before the French Revolution , we will see many monumental buildings and landmarks of Paris's history as well as the occupation
Louis XVI and Marie Antionette both faced the Guillotine here
The huge twin Naval Ministry and Hotel Crillon both Important German HQs during the war
The Grand Palais the largest freestanding building in Paris and only one actually destroyed during the occupation and Liberation
The bullet holes and hidden scars of the Liberation
The famous Obelisk from Luxor
I am happy to chat and answer all your questions
My tours are all SMALL groups or Private ,high quality and personable where everyone gets to talk with me and be Involved and I also ask you questions too !
Please see the window below for more information on Holocaust specific tours
20 minutes
5
Memorial De La Shoah
The Shoah/ Holocaust is the subject I most often find people may have a more specific interest In
On the General tour we do talk about it of course but there Is not the time to delve so deeply. In my view and experIence it is a subject that requires a whole tour devoted solely to it to come near to giving it the justice It deserves To claim to be able to do this on a General tour where there are multiple other subjects I need to discuss would be misleading so I do not
On the Genral tour I will discuss the overall currents during the occupation that lead to Implemtation in France of the "Final solution" and the conditons for Jewish people in Paris and occupied France during the 2 years leading up to this and also their role in the resistance But If you want to specifically go deeper I reccomend contact me about a private tour But I am also happy to answer other questions on the Shoah on the General tour In greater depth if you wish but this may take time away from other subjects