Word: waxworks
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...believe what they hear or read. They think that the stories of Russian victories and the destruction of German cities from the air are propaganda. Since visitors are prohibited by the Geneva Convention from speaking to war prisoners, all the newsmen could do was stare in silence at the waxwork faces of the young Nazis, who silently stared back at them. Around a big concrete sun dial which they built they have inscribed: "For us the sun never goes down...
...Revolution. The original Mme. Tussaud, born Marie Grosholtz of Swiss parents, was an accomplished modeler in wax. She was friend, companion and teacher to Louis XVI's sister and lived at court at Versailles, where she knew the great personages of the period. After the Revolution her realistic waxwork was in great demand. She modeled many of the Terrorists from life, sometimes willingly, sometimes under protest. Once she was forced to reproduce the freshly guillotined head of a Royalist. A Royalist at heart, she watched for a chance to leave France...
Many of the throng went especially to hear Claude Alphand sing. She is a beautiful, blonde, rather waxwork-like Frenchwoman who accompanies her balladry on the guitar. Rated by many as the best French chanteuse since Yvette Guilbert and Lucienne Boyer, she sings with a feline throatiness and great stylistic elegance. Her favorite song...