Word: rue
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Suretè Gènèrale on the Rue des Saussaies, Gestapomen had tortured prisoners with near-freezing baths, electric currents, beatings. Scratched on the walls of cells: "Long live eternal France! . . . Never confess ! . . . My God, I have confidence in Thee...
...Jewish quarter around the rue Ste.-Croix de la Bretonnerie, the Germans had set up a ghetto. Only 10,000 of 100,000 Jews who used to live there still remained. They straggled out last week to meet American visitors. Broken by hunger, torture, humiliation, the yellow star of David newly torn from their sleeves, they were Paris' most sadly joyous beings...
...women coming to liberated Paris from buzz-bombed London, Paris fashions, 1944, were a revelation. Wrote TIME'S Correspondent Mary Welsh: "You would never believe it possible for a woman to achieve elegance on a bicycle unless you could see Parisiennes cycling in the rue Cambon, avenue Matignon, or among the hordes of cyclists constantly passing in the Place de la Concorde. But Paris women manage to look perfectly wonderful while pedaling, balancing hats at least a foot high and mostly bucket-shaped, with skirts billowing backwards enticingly but not boldly...
Last Nazi bigwig's wife to do her fall shopping in Paris was probably Emmy Göring. She paid a flying visit to her favorite couturiere, Jeanne Lanvin in the rue du Faubourg Saint-Honore, just a fortnight before the Americans came to town...
Montparnasse's three famed cafes-the Dome, the Rotonde, the Coupole-were doing business as usual under their striped awnings, although they closed during the street fighting. The supply of painted filles seemed ample to accommodate all soldiers interested in amour. In the Rue Scribe the American Express office still had its familiar big sign on the roof. The hotels were comfortably appointed, with plenty of linen and blankets, even satin quilts...