Paris 1940-1944 - The daily routine of Parisians under the Occupation

Seducing, forbidding

"An incident just occurred at the Rue de Rivoli--a German officer took out his revolver after he was booed, and the police slow- slow- slowly emptied the street. Historic day May 11, 1941, 15 h 45"
Photograph Daniel Leduc
Champigny-sur-Marne, Musée de la Résistance nationale © MRN

Over the airwaves of the BBC, General de Gaulle called for the people to be "present on public promenades," between 15h and 16h and to remain silent on Sunday, May 11, Joan of Arc's saint's day. His appeal was highly successful both in the provinces and in Paris. In the Place des Pyramides, "promenading" residents shouted "Hors de France les Barbares!" (Out of France the Barbarians!), "Vive de Gaulle!" (Long live de Gaulle!), "Vive Churchill!" (Long live Churchill!), and "Hou, les affameurs!" (Down with the Starvers!).
Advertisement for the hairdresser Jean-Pierre in French and German, 10, rue Duphot, 1942
© LAPI/Roger-Viollet