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- 1. Paris during the Second World War The Second World War began September 1st 1939 . In May 1940, Paris was invaded by the German Armay and was no longer the capital but became the seat of the German military administration.
- 2. On 18 June 1940, Adolf Hitler visited Paris for the first time. He visited places like Opera, Concorde, L'Arc de Triomphe, Trocadero.
- 3. The persecution of the Jews in Paris began in October 1940 . Theodor Dannecker a German representative in Paris ordered many anti-Jewish measures. From 1940 to 1941, the Germans arrested 10000 Jews in Paris. In 1942, the Germans began the systematic deportation of Jews to the extermination camps. In May 1942, the Jews of Paris have to wear the yellow star. The 16 and 17 July 1942, the French police concentrated 13000 Jews in the Velodrome D'hiver a stadium in the 15 district of Paris . Jews were detained for many days with no food and no drink.
- 4. Le Ritz is an hotel in Paris which was taken as the local headquarters of the Lutwaffe.
- 5. Le Meurice is a hotel in Paris which was requisitioned between September 1940 and August 1944 by the German authorities. It became the headquarters of the military governor of Paris.
- 6. The Vichy Regime was the political regime led by the marshal Philippe Pétain in France during the Second World War. This Regime collaborated with Nazi Regime. France was divided into two zones, the south was the 'free area' until 1942 and the north was occupied by the German Army. Anyway the French administration stayed under her authority of the Vichy government. From 1942, all the territory was occupied by Germany.
- 7. Charles de Gaulle was the leader of the Free France and of the French Committee of National Liberation during the Second World War. He took refuge in London and created the Free French Forces. He became the President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946. He became also the 18th President of the French Republic of 8 January 1959 to 28 April 1969 .
- 8. The liberation of Paris Paris was liberated on August 25, 1944. The same day, General de Gaulle went to the Hotel de Ville where he gave a speech in which he emphasized the essential role played by the French for their own liberation.