Paris 1941 - Les Halles - Market - Occupation allemande - German Occupation

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:

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Jacques Delors und der Imperativ der Versöhnung

MACRON WÜRDIGT VERSTORBENEN
FRANKFURTER ALLGEMEINE ZEITUNG: Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Ursula von der Leyen und viele europäische Regierungschefs erwiesen dem früheren EU-Kommissionspräsidenten in Paris die letzte Ehre. Sogar Viktor Orbán war gekommen.

Der französische Präsident hat die Verdienste Jacques Delors’ zur Überwindung der europäischen Spaltung in seiner Trauerrede am Freitag in Paris in den Vordergrund gestellt. Emmanuel Macron würdigte „ein Leben voller mutiger Pionierarbeit, visionärer Intuitionen, harter Arbeit und Geselligkeit“. In Anwesenheit von Bundespräsident Frank-Walter Steinmeier erinnerte Macron daran, wie entschieden sich der damalige EU-Kommissionspräsident für die Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands einsetzte. » | Von Michaela Wiegel | Freitag, 5. Januar 2024

Charles Aznavour - Noël à Paris | Official Christmas Music Video

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Alleged Killer of Tourist in Paris Attack Had Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State

THE GUARDIAN: Suspect detained after German-Filipino man killed and two – one British and one French – injured near Eiffel Tower

A 26-year-old man suspected of killing a German-Filipino tourist and wounding two others near the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Saturday night had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State in a video released online.

The French anti-terrorism prosecutor, Jean-François Ricard, said the French suspect, named as Armand Rajabpour-Miyandoab, “had recorded a video before committing the act”, in which he spoke in Arabic, swore allegiance to Islamic State and supported its jihadists in different areas from Africa to Iraq, Syria and Pakistan.

The video was posted online on his account on the social network X, which also showed numerous posts on Hamas, Gaza and Palestine. The account was started at the beginning of October. » | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris | Sunday, December 3, 2023

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We do not have to tolerate this disgusting, brutal, barbaric behaviour. Furthermore, we must not allow these throwbacks from a far less enlightened age to take us back to the Dark Ages!

If our Western way of life doesn’t suit these people, send them back to their countries of origin – with despatch! And if the perpetrators of these heinous crimes were born in the West, re-educate them! There are ways and means of re-educating them.

Aren’t we all, by now, tired of this recalcitrant behaviour? And do we value our Western achievements so little that we are unprepared to fight to maintain them?

Our politicians are paid enough to do their jobs properly. It is high time they did them; and it is high time that they found the courage to say what is necessary to keep us, the people, safe. Forget ‘political correctness’; instead, behave politically correctly! Moreover, stop sweating the little things like whether a young man enjoys smoking a cigarette, or not; rather, start concentrating on the important things to maintain our civilization. – © Mark Alexander

German Tourist Killed and Two Others Injured in Central Paris Attack

GUARDIAN EUROPE: Police arrest a man known to authorities as a radical Islamist after passersby attacked near Eiffel Tower

A man who had served a prison sentence for planning a radical Islamist attack and who was undergoing psychiatric treatment allegedly stabbed a German tourist to death and wounded two others in a neighbourhood near Paris’s Eiffel tower on Saturday night.

The attack took place shortly after 9pm near the Bir Hakeim bridge in an area popular with tourists. France is on its highest alert for attacks against the background of the war between Israel and Hamas.

The alleged attacker first targeted a German couple near the bridge, fatally stabbing a young German man. A passing taxi driver intervened to stop him, but the suspect ran away across the bridge to the other side of the River Seine, attacking two more people and injuring one person with a hammer. Police pursued him and used a stun gun to stop him. He was being questioned by anti-terrorism police on Sunday morning. » | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris | Sunday, December 3, 2023

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The "Religion of Peace" strikes again! Dear oh dear! Another innocent person has had to lose his life because our leaders have neither spine nor spunk! When are our Western leaders going to grow a pair? And when are they going to learn the true nature of Islam? Leaders, the West over, have for years been peddling the false notion that Islam is a religion of peace. It is NOT! Islam is a muscular, proselytizing, combative religion determined to take over the world, in order to Islamize it. Muslims view the whole world in TWO PARTS: the House of Islam, in Arabic, Dar ul Islam (دار الإسلام) and the House of War, Dar ul Harb, the House of War (دار الحرب).

There can be peace (Pax Islamica) only when the areas of the world now in the House of War have been defeated and drawn into the House of Islam. All will then have submitted to the will of Allah, will have become Muslims. Those who haven’t (yet) submitted to the will of Allah, i.e. become Muslims, will be forced to live as second-class citizens, paying the Jizyah (الجزية), in return for which the infidel is offered protection, but NOT given full rights as a citizen,

These so-called Islamists that launch these cruel attacks on innocent Westerners — unclean infidels in their eyes! — buy into this mediæval thinking. It’s a mindset — a mindset which will be extremely difficult to change. At least not without brainwashing or maybe Evangelization!

In this article, it states that the perpetrator is undergoing psychiatric treatment. It is NOT a psychiatrist that such people need. What they need is deportation. They don’t belong in the civilized West. Furthermore, Westerners need to be protected from such people. Protection from this deranged behaviour is the very least that Westerners deserve. Don’t waste taxpayers’ money on psychiatric treatment or even jail terms. Instead, kick them out of the West forever! This problem is growing, and it calls for decisive leadership. Let us solve this problem once and for all! – © Mark Alexander

Un mort et un blessé dans une attaque à Paris, l’assaillant aurait crié «Allah akbar»

LE FIGARO : La police a interpellé un «assaillant» connu des services de renseignement autour du quai de Grenelle (XVe arrondissement de Paris), ce samedi soir, annonce Gérald Darmanin, qui se rend sur place.

Une personne a été tuée et une autre blessée, ce samedi soir, à Paris, dans une attaque au couteau. Les faits se sont déroulés quai de Grenelle, dans le 15e arrondissement de la capitale.

L’homme décédé est un touriste allemand qui a aussi la nationalité philippine, a appris Le Figaro de source policière. Il a reçu plusieurs coups à la tête, au dos et aux épaules. Deux autres personnes ont été blessées dans l’attaque. L’une d’elle a été frappée à coups de marteau. » | Par Le Figaro avec AFP | samedi 2 décembre 2023

Le parquet antiterroriste saisi après un attentat qui a fait un mort et deux blessés à Paris, l’assaillant, déjà condamné pour terrorisme, a été interpellé : L’auteur des coups mortels, né en France en 1997 et de nationalité franco-iranienne, a été placé en garde à vue. Il a crié « Allah akbar » avant d’être interpellé, et avait déjà été condamné pour association de malfaiteurs terroriste en 2018. »

En direct, marche contre l’antisémitisme : à Paris, la manifestation s’élance dans le calme malgré quelques tensions

LE MONDE : De nombreuses personnalités politiques sont présentes. Le Golem, un collectif créé tout récemment pour lutter contre « l’antisémitisme et tous les antisémites », a tenté d’établir « un cordon sanitaire » autour du RN. LIVE EN COURS » | dimanche 12 novembre 2023

France Opens Investigation into ‘Despicable’ Antisemitic Graffiti in Paris

GUARDIAN EUROPE: Dozens of Stars of David spraypainted on buildings around French capital in acts widely seen as antisemitic

Residents of the 14th arrondissement of Paris woke up to find antisemitic graffiti depicting Stars of David. Photograph: Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium/Zuma Press/Shutterstock
French prosecutors have opened several investigations into the painting of dozens of Stars of David on buildings around Paris and its suburbs that have been widely seen as antisemitic and threatening to Jews, amid the war between Israel and Hamas.

The French prime minister, Élisabeth Borne, condemned “the despicable acts”, saying they would not go unpunished.

New stars were painted on the facades of several buildings in a southern areas of Paris this week. Many appeared to have been spraypainted using stencils. Similar tags appeared over the weekend in suburbs of the city, including Vanves, Fontenay-aux-Roses and Aubervilliers.

In the nearby town of Saint-Ouen the graffiti were accompanied by inscriptions such as “Palestine will overcome”. » | Angelique Chrisafis in Paris | Wednesday, November 1, 2023

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Has Europe already forgotten the despicable crimes, horrors and atrocities visited upon the Jews in the Thirties and Forties of the last century? That anti-Semitism is in evidence in Europe at all is bad enough, but its dimensions following the ferocious and barbaric attacks of October 7th by Hamas are deeply troubling. – © Mark Alexander

Guerre Israël-Hamas : des milliers de personnes rassemblées à Paris, malgré l’interdiction de la manifestation de soutien à la Palestine

LE MONDE : Dans l’après-midi, 21 interpellations et 1 359 verbalisations ont été menées par les forces de l’ordre. La marche prévue a été limitée à un rassemblement statique.

A l’appel de plusieurs associations et collectifs, des milliers de personnes ont participé, samedi 28 octobre, à Paris, dans le calme, à un rassemblement « de soutien au peuple palestinien », aux cris notamment de « Gaza, Gaza, Paris est avec toi », a constaté une journaliste de l’Agence France-Presse (AFP). Des tensions ont toutefois éclaté avec les forces de l’ordre lors de la dispersion des manifestants. » | Le Monde avec AFP | samedi 28 octobre 2023

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Police Intervene in Pro-Palestinian Demonstration in Paris

Oct 28, 2023 | Security forces intervened the demonstrators who gathered in Paris to show support for Palestine. Security forces using tear gas detained many demonstrators.

Pro-Palestinian Rallies in the UK, Europe Call for Peace in Gaza

Oct 28, 2023 | Tens of thousands of people have joined pro-Palestinian rallies in the UK and Europe, as Israel expands its response to the deadly Hamas attack of 7 October. They come after a majority of nations voted on Friday for a United Nations resolution calling for a ''sustained humanitarian truce'' in Gaza.

Auch in Kreuzberg, Deutschland.

‘Bedbugs Don’t Discriminate’: Paris ‘Scourge’ Sparks Fears of International Infestation

GUARDIAN EUROPE: After French capital hosted fashion week and Rugby World Cup there are concerns the problem will spread

Paris is burning its luggage and bed linen as it battles a “scourge” of bedbugs, stoking fears of infestation around the world as pest controllers report an uptick in inquiries and transport operators and hoteliers seek to assuage concerns.

The city of light is reportedly under siege from the nocturnal bloodsuckers, leading the French transport minister, Clément Beaune, to meet transport operators. “It’s a real nightmare,” says Yacine, a schoolteacher in Paris who declined to give his surname. “I’m so afraid to take the Métro, I don’t go to the cinema – it’s very alarmant.”

With the city having just hosted Paris fashion week and the Rugby World Cup, bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the city, there are mounting fears of the problem spreading as visitors return home with an unwelcome souvenir. » | Elle Hunt | Friday, October 6, 2023

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France closes seven schools over bedbug infestations: Education minister says ‘cases are piling up’ and that ‘an immediate response is needed’ »

France: Bedbugs Send Shivers through Paris | DW News

Oct 3, 2023 | A widespread bedbug outbreak has caused an alarming situation in Paris. The French authorities vowed to act as blood-sucking insects infested Paris, which is preparing to host next year's summer Olympics.

City of Light or City of Bites? France Tries to Ease Bedbug Anxiety.: With less than a year to go before millions are expected in Paris for the Olympics, a wave of widely publicized reports of bed bug infestations has put French authorities under pressure. »

Punaises de lit : les transports publics ne connaissent « pas de recrudescence » des cas, selon le gouvernement : Le ministre chargé des transports, Clément Beaune, a demandé, mercredi, à l’ensemble des opérateurs de publier tous les trois mois les données sur les cas signalés, les cas avérés » et « les actions » mises en œuvre. »

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France to deploy sniffer dogs to inspect train seats for bedbugs: Public transport including Paris Métro will be checked despite minister’s denial of bedbug outbreak »

The Best Tips Out of Paris Fashion Week? Avoiding Bedbugs.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: There’s an infestation in the City of Lights, and fashion folks are not immune.

Every late September, when the style mavens descend on Paris for fashion week, they envision enjoying buttery post-show croissants and the occasional pack of Vogue cigarettes savored guilt-free at after-parties. But this season, it’s a bit different: Paris is infested with bedbugs.

Videos shared on social media show bedbugs crawling over seats of the Paris Metro, which carries more than 5 million passengers a day. Some Parisians have reported bites at various big-chain movie theaters. The French meme accounts are having a field day. “You have to understand that in reality no one is safe, obviously there are risk factors but in reality, you can catch bedbugs anywhere and bring them home,” Paris’s deputy mayor, Emmanuel Grégoire, said Friday.

Although Parisians don’t seem too concerned about the bedbug infestation (the metro, bars and movie theaters are just as packed as they’ve always been), at Paris Fashion Week shows, attendees have been trading tips on how to avoid catching them: store your luggage in the bathtub, they said; if you take public transportation, don’t sit down on the fabric seats; buy a $220 bedbug-killing heater on Amazon.

Bedbugs are a common urban scourge, often found living in mattresses, carpets, clothing and linens, and usually surfacing at night to feed (on your blood, that is). They typically bite in a telltale zigzag pattern, leaving clusters of three to five bites on the skin that can cause itchiness, redness and swelling and burning. In major cities like New York, having a brush with bedbugs is such a universal experience that the New York’s health department has their own bedbug complaint line. » | Jessica Roy | Monday, October 2, 2023

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Eric Zemmour condamné à 4 000 euros d’amende pour injure homophobe

LE MONDE : L’association Stop Homophobie avait porté plainte contre des propos tenus par Eric Zemmour, le 15 octobre 2019, dans l’émission « Face à l’info » animée par Christine Kelly.

Eric Zemmour, à Paris, le 4 décembre 2022. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP
Eric Zemmour a été condamné, jeudi 28 septembre, à Paris à 4 000 euros d’amende pour injure homophobe, pour avoir déclaré en octobre 2019 sur CNews que les personnes homosexuelles avaient « asservi » l’Etat « à leur profit ». « Nous faisons immédiatement appel de cette décision », a déclaré à l’Agence France-Presse son avocat, Me Olivier Pardo. » | Le Monde avec AFP | jeudi 28 septembre 2023

France to Withdraw Troops and Ambassador from Niger - BBC News

Sep 25, 2023 | President Emmanuel Macron has said France will withdraw its ambassador and end all military co-operation with Niger following a coup.

The military junta which seized power in Niger in July welcomed the move.

The decision by Paris follows months of animosity and protests against the French presence in its former colony, with regular demonstrations in the capital Niamey.

The move deals a hammer blow to France's operations against jihadists in the wider Sahel region and Paris' influence there. But Mr Macron said France would "not be held hostage by the putschists”.

Depuis l'Arc de Triomphe, accueil de Leurs Majestés le Roi Charles III et la Reine Camilla.

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‘A First in Paris’: City Fumigates for Tiger Mosquitoes as Tropical Pests Spread, Bringing Disease

THE GUARDIAN: Parisian health authorities treat French capital for the first time as Zika and dengue-carrying tiger mosquitoes advance through northeastern Europe

Health authorities in Paris have fumigated areas of the French capital for the first time to kill disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes whose rapid advance through northern Europe is thought to have been accelerated by climate change.

Roads were closed and people asked to stay in their homes in southeast Paris during the early hours of Thursday as pest control contractors sprayed insecticide in trees, green spaces and other mosquito-breeding areas.

Such scenes are a regular occurrence in tropical cities and becoming increasingly common in Europe as the tiger mosquito, which can carry the dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses, spreads from its native southeast Asia.

“It was a first in Paris, but it’s not the first in France,” deputy Paris mayor Anne Souyris, who is in charge of health policy, told BFM television. “The south of France has been affected by tiger mosquitoes for some years.” » | Agence France-Presse | Friday, September 1, 2023

Macron Booed during Bastille Day Parade in Paris

Jul 14, 2023 | Members of the public booed the French president during the annual military parade in Paris as he travelled down the Champs Élysées in a military car, commemorating the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, one of the most important events of the French Revolution. Macron's decision to raise the retirement age sparked months of protests and has damaged his popularity ratings.

L’explosion de la rue Saint-Jacques à Paris fait un deuxième mort

LE MONDE : Une femme a succombé à ses blessures à la suite de l’explosion survenue le 21 juin, en fin d’après-midi, dans un immeuble situé rue Saint-Jacques. Après six jours de recherches, un corps avait été retrouvé sous les décombres.

Une femme, qui était soignée après avoir été grièvement blessée dans l’effondrement de l’immeuble rue Saint-Jacques à Paris, a succombé à ses blessures, a-t-on appris vendredi 7 juillet, de source proche du dossier confirmant une information du Parisien.

Il s’agit du deuxième décès enregistré après l’explosion survenue le 21 juin, en fin d’après-midi, dans un immeuble situé rue Saint-Jacques. Après six jours de recherches, un corps avait été retrouvé sous les décombres. Il s’agirait d’une femme, professeure à l’école de mode privée Paris American Academy, située dans le bâtiment, un pavillon du XVIIe siècle classé monument historique bordant la cour d’honneur de l’ancienne abbaye du Val-de-Grâce. » | Le Monde avec AFP | vendredi 7 juillet 2023