Table of Contents
Chronology of the Occupation of Paris xi
Major Personalities xix
Preface xxiii
Introduction 3
Faux Paris 3
Sequestering Medusa 5
Paris Was Different 11
Chapter 1 A Nation Disintegrates Preludes 19
Three Traumas 25
Chapter 2 Waiting for Hitler 47
"They" Arrive, and Are Surprised 47
One Who Stayed, One Who Left 53
"They" Settle In 60
Hitler's Own Tour 72
The Führer's Urbanophobia 91
Chapter 3 Minuet (1940-1941) 97
How Do You Occupy a City? 97
For Some, Paris Was a Bubble 100
Dancing the Minuet 106
Correct, but Still Nazis 117
"To Bed, to Bed!" 119
An Execution in Paris 125
Chapter 4 City Without a Face-The Occupier's Lament 130
Paris Had Already Welcomed the Nazis-Before the Occupation 130
The Occupiers Are Surprised, Too 133
A Dreamer in Exile 143
Sexually Occupied 145
A "Better" German 151
Recollected Solitude 154
Chapter 5 Narrowed Lives 160
Narrowing and Boredom 160
The Apartment 168
A Crowded Metro 182
The Informer 186
The Queue 190
Chapter 6 The Dilemmas of Resistance 196
Quoi faire? 196
Resistant Paris 203
Bébés Terroristes 213
The Red Poster 223
A Female Resistance 233
Who Got the Credit? 237
Chapter 7 The Most Narrowed Lives-The Hunt for Jews 240
Being Jewish in Paris 240
Three Girls on the Move 252
A Gold Star 260
The Big Roundup 272
Chapter 8 How Much Longer? (1942-1944) 287
"You Can Come Over Now!" 287
The Plague 297
Observers from the Palace 302
Signs of Defeat 305
Chapter 9 Liberation-A Whodunit 310
Is Paris Worth a Detour? 310
The Beast of Sevastopol Arrives 317
"Tous aux barricades!" 325
Why Do Americans Smile So Much? 337
Whodunit? 344
Chapter 10 Angry Aftermath-Back on Paris Time 349
Rediscovering Purity 349
"Kill All the Bastards!" 358
The Return of Lost Souls 363
Chapter 11 Is Paris Still Occupied? 367
De Gaulle Creates a Script 367
Stumbling Through Memory 372
Should We Blame Paris? 378
"The Landscape of Our Confusions" 381
Appendix: De Gaulle's Speech on the Liberation of Paris 385
Acknowledgments 387
Notes 393
Selected Bibliography 405
Index 431
About the Author 448
