Jul 10, 2024 | A detailed visit to the Paris market district of Les Halles in 1941 during World War II and the German occupation. The scenes were filmed under the guidance of the occupying authorities and are considered propaganda material to show an excellent food supply and a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere in German-occupied France. The names of the producers Serge Griboff and Richard Chenay can be found in many documentary projects for the occupation authorities at the time.
Une visite approfondie du quartier parisien "Les Halles" en 1941 pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et l'occupation allemande. Les scènes ont été filmées sous la direction des autorités d'occupation et sont considérées comme du matériel de propagande pour montrer pour montrer un excellent approvisionnement alimentaire et une atmosphère paisible et détendue dans la France occupée par l'Allemagne. Les noms des producteurs Serge Griboff et Richard Chenay se retrouvent dans de nombreux projets documentaires pour les autorités d'occupation de l'époque.
Ein ausführlicher Besuch im Paris Marktviertel Les Halles im Jahr 1941 während des Zweiten Weltkriegs und der deutschen Besatzung. Die Szenen wurden unter Anleitung der Besatzungsbehörden gedreht und gelten als Propagandamaterial. Die Aufnahmen sollen absolute Normalität ausstrahlen. Dazu gehört eine reiche Auswahl an Lebensmitteln sowie eine friedliche und entspannte Atmosphäre. Die Namen der Produzenten Serge Griboff und Richard Chenay und der Firma Nova Film finden sich damals in vielen Dokumentarfilmprojekten für die Besatzungsbehörden. Anfragen/requests:
Jun 21, 2024 | After the fall of France in 1940, the Vichy government was created to collaborate with their captors and was detested by the French people. Guilty of selling out their own people to the Nazi's and by actively participating in the holocaust, after the liberation of France these people were not treated well.
Jun 5, 2024 | The occupation and liberation of France, from 1940 to 1944, seen through the films and amateur photos of French and Germans, witnesses of these years of war. Told at a human level by those who experienced it - going beyond the stereotypical views that each camp has long had on the other - this story will be told through the films and family photos found on both sides of the border and commented on by the protagonists themselves.
How did the French, the French population (and not the French State) behave with the occupier? How did the German soldiers experience these 4 years in contact with the French?
May 5, 2021 | New Zealand-born Nancy Wake (1912-2011) was a wartime agent, commander and famously blunt raconteur who led a life of extreme adventure in the French resistance. She earned the nickname ‘The White Mouse’ when she hit the top of the Gestapo’s ‘most wanted’ list, but famously slipped through their net.
As a hunted resistance courier, Wake was forced to flee from occupied France in 1943, leaving her husband Henri Fiocca behind. She embarked on a life of excitement and danger as an agent in Churchill’s secret army, the Special Operations Executive.
Aug 23, 2022 | June 14, 1940, Wehrmacht troops enter Paris. This is the beginning of the occupation of the French capital, then relegated to the rank of an open city. The enemy will rule there for more than four years, until August 1944. Many things have been said and written about the daily life of the French during this very special period, made up of shortages, repressive measures and raids. But never on the side of the occupier... What about the German soldiers? How did they experience this period? What were their living conditions? Did they have contact with the French population?
