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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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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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 see many places, sometimes famous, with the light of the past. And many pictures in black and white or color, that illuminate the most darkest period of French history. in addition numerous anecdotes and stories about people both unknown and well known ones.
Highlights
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Tous les bâtiments visités sont libres d'accès
Meeting Points
Departure
6 Bd Haussmann
Exit n°5 of the métro station Richelieu-Drouot
Return
Place de la Concorde
Right next to Concorde métro station
World War two : The Occupation of Paris
(6) Reviews
Paris
About
Rare opportunity to see many places, sometimes famous, with the light of the past. And many pictures in black and white or color, that illuminate the most darkest period of French history. in addition numerous anecdotes and stories about people both unknown and well known ones.
Highlights
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 15 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Tous les bâtiments visités sont libres d'accès
Meeting Points
Departure
6 Bd Haussmann
Exit n°5 of the métro station Richelieu-Drouot
Return
Place de la Concorde
Right next to Concorde métro station
Itinerary
1
Bouillon Chartier Grands Boulevards
Recount of the start of WWII and how Paris was occupied. Back to some dramatic anecdotes and the everyday life under the occupation of Paris.
10 minutes
2
Folies Bergère
Testimony about the intense artistic life under the occupation : movie stars, music-halls, movie theater
7 minutes
3
Passage Verdeau
Passages keep atmosphere and decors that could be found during the occupation. In front (on the other side) the building which hosted a bordello requisitioned by the German army
5 minutes
4
Hôtel Drouot
During the occupation, a considerable number of simple objects and art were sold at Drouot auction house. Opportunity to explain the mass stealing 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 of the 9th district will be the opportunity to speak about the Résistance, with a local employee. But also to address the denunciating and the passive resistance in France during WWII.
10 minutes
6
BNP Paribas maison doree
This stop will help us understand the role of banks under the occupation. As well as the armistice convention between France and Germany, and the resulting economic and political situation.
10 minutes
7
Pathe Opera Premier
Example of a movie theater requisitioned for German soldiers. Nearby an other building remaines famous for hosting one of the most important exhibition in Paris, organized by the nazi propaganda and valuing antisemitism: "the Jews and France"
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 like the Opéra are rich of many anecdotes during this period.
10 minutes
9
Place-Vendome
After discussing about the fate of “rue de la Paix” jewelry stores, the “place Vendôme” will be the opportunity to talk about the law ministry, occupied by the German army, as well as one of the very first resistance networks located nearby.
The Ritz Hotel, which was a key place of the occupation and collaboration, with many celebrities, spies, and militaries.
15 minutes
10
Rue de Castiglione
The most of the palace hotels were used as headquarters of the German army. Behind Hotel Meurice, we will be able to talk about the main characters related with these places and fights of the “Libération” that ended there.
10 minutes
11
Place de la Concorde
The “place de la Concorde” shows the marks of the “Libération” fightings. The memorial plaques are dedicated to soldiers, resistance fighters or civilians who took part of the battle. On the terrace, several photos of the square and the places around it will allow to understand better the period but also to review on the fundamental role of many famous people.
The museum behind was used by the Germans to store all the art stolen to the Jews and sent to Germany.
