Occupied Paris, a paradoxical city of banality and brutality, of resistance and collaboration. Join Anna as she takes you on a tour of the city from occupation, the establishment of the Pétain regime and collaboration, the growth of resistance, and finally liberation. But the story doesn’t end there and into the 21st century, the city of lights is haunted by its occupation.
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Hosted by: Anna Deinhard
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
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Written by: Sebastian Brandstetter
Research by: Sebastian Brandstetter
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Artworky: Mikołaj Uchman
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński & Simon J. James
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ES_Outcast – Jon Bjork
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22 Comments
This question of how to define collaboration versus resistance will plague the postwar world. Into the 21st century, fierce debates continue across Europe. They cut through domestic and international politics and are even used as justifications for war.
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Ah, the legendary "but was this really the case". <3
The occupation may have ended, but the tyranny continues. The National Socialists became the World Econimic Forum and NATO. Eight decades later they are still at war with Russia. Just as much "resistance" in the U.S. in the 2020's as there was in France in the 1940's — not much.
The more things change the more they stay the same.
I grew up being taught by my teachers that it was 'the city of light', not the city of 'lights'. I had never heard 'lights' in the phrase until today. Which is it?
You should examine the Petain case. maybe i want to join your gang.
Ai?
To (possibly mis-) qote Voraire about Paris: "They say there are some very polite people in that city. –I am prepared tp believe it."
“You’ll never be French!! You’ll never surrender like us!!!”
Im sorry I had to 😂 low hanging fruit, I know
France was a fractured nation at the time of the invasion. It's government was divided among itself, the army led by elderly generals fighting WW2 Blitzkrieg with WWI tactics. Many in the French army were poorly trained, poorly disciplined, and indifferent soldiers. There were heroic exceptions, but not enough to stem the tide.
My grandfather was a forger for the Resistance. He was an accountant and had superb penmanship. I can not know if he was an exceptional patriot, but I do know that he blamed the Germans for the death of his younger brother, because the occupying army had pressganged our local doctor during WWI.
I've heard of Indy's Tie Barn but can we get Ana's Jacket Barn??
Remember that the Nazis were holding hundreds of thousands of French POWs as hostages for French "good behavior".
There's a bitter irony in the fact that the people who run this channel live in Europe and not in the United States. Tacit admission that the country is in a non recoverable state.
The casualty numbers for Paris are absolutely tiny.
You are not French!
Not even national humiliation can defeat the arrogance of the Parisians
Love the hat, Anna!
2:45 Calling Philippe Petain "new" isn't the best choice of words. 😉
My father was a member of the Resistance, an active one: a courier (crossing the border of General Gubernia and III Reich) but there were many just members awaiting (eventually) the global uprising (Operacja Burza) before the advancing Soviets that had never been realized; Allies planes had supplied weapons for it@Ressistance gathered it). A personal friendship between him and German soldiers in the village decided an unexpected Unexpected: e.g., a resistance man from Warsaw came (with a gun) to meet a Resistance officer there and suddenly by accident the Germans wanted to check his ID (who is he): the resolution would be an exchange of fire@killing German's soldiers (and the German's revenge on the village) or…my father told them: "don't check him or you would be dead"! They listened and moved out: "We did not see anything". Bribery and vodka had decided about life and death in many situations – forget about a (state) Rule there!
The title should be Paris under the Hakenkreuz, not Swastika!!!
Excellent
Anna está guapísima en este episodio ❤