Paris WW2 The German Occupation Small group or Private tour

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 using a generic program from the appallng phrasing and use of keywords it just picks out with no context WE DO NOT MEET AT THE TUILERIES METRO nor do we 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!

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

It Is around this area and Its surrounding streets that we will find many significant sites I let people have some flexibility , ask questions and don't rush them

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 (Chanels "home" also meeting place of the Anti-Nazi movement in the German forces 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

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 !

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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