"I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom. I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients." Gustave Courbet

29 August 2011

Liberation.

On this date in 1944, American troops marched down the Champs Elysees in Paris liberating the French capital from Nazi control.


Here's a wonderful account of Ernest Hemingway's August 1944 liberation of the bar at the Paris Ritz Hotel.

Marlene Dietrich, "Lili Marlene"


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