German soldiers in Place du Tertre, Paris • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS To know what the German soldiers who occupied France during the Second World War thought, we would need first-hand testimonies, without filters, dating from the time of the events… By an extraordinary chance, we have such testimonies.
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