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Monday, March 28, 2016

COLOR PHOTOS SHOW PARISIANS LIVING HAPPILY UNDER NAZI RULE - Europeans submitted easily to the Nazis - Now they passively submit to Muslim Nazis they INVITED to settle in Europe - Europeans unconsciously yearn for tyranny - EUROPE IS KAPUT

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Nazi occupied Paris: Giant Swastikas line the streets of the French capital. Paris fell to the Germans just weeks after the Nazis launched an invasion in 1940
RUE DE RIVOLI, near the Louvre, in Nazi occupied Paris. Giant Swastikas line the streets of the French capital. Paris fell to the Germans just weeks after the Nazis launched an invasion in 1940

In 20th century Europe the ones with a true passion for revolution were the Marxists, who in fact envisioned the tyranny of an ideological elite.   The other great passion to sweep Europe was Fascism - another tyranny. 
 
Europeans who have fought for democracy and true freedom have been a tiny minority.  French resistance to the Nazi regime was in large part a myth, and most of them were Communists.   A large percentage of Europeans were happy to submit.  Even the Jews did not dare to fight.  Not one of them thought of putting an end to the Nazi elite during one of their numerous public ceremonies. 
 
Perhaps it is not in Europe's DNA to cherish political freedom enough to fight for it.  For much of its history, after all, Europe has been ruled by kings, emperors, and other despots.  
 
When Europe finally succumbs to Muslim majority and Muslim rule, Americans won't be there to bail them out.  America is, as we speak, going down too, with a twice-elected Muslim-sympathizing president who is bringing hundreds of thousands of Muslims into the country.  And in spite of Trump's popularity, the USA is too mired in political correctness to even save itself.
 
Ambiguity: Following France's liberation in 1944, Zucca was arrested but he was never prosecuted and continued to work as a wedding photographer until his death in 1973 Paris through a Nazi lens:
  • Andre Zucca's images of Paris in the Second World War have remained controversial
  • When these pictures were put on display in 2008 - more than 60 years after being taken - many called for the exhibition to be closed down
  • They appear to show Parisians carefree and jubilant under Nazi occupation and Vichy rule
  • The photojournalist took images of fashionable women, smiling soldiers, and happy families in the capital for the German magazine SIGNAL 
  • They were to be used as Nazi propaganda, but they managed to capture the shameful nature of French passivity and collaboration
  • Controversial: Andre Zucca's series of photographs, such as these young women posing in unusual sunglassesMuch of the French Resistance myth is just that, a myth concocted after the war to rebuild the French national spirit.
  • In the years before World War II fascist and anti-Semitic ideology was prominent in France, particularly among intellectuals. 
  • The Vichy regime was even more enthusiastic than the Nazis themselves in its zeal to round up and ship French Jews and Jewish refugees to death camps.
  • The British who came under Nazi occupation in the Channel Islands, also happily adapted to their new life.
  • The current authorities in western Europe arrest citizens for the mere crime of questioning Islam, and turn their police and water cannons on those who protest Muslim rapes and terror attacks.
  • UNFORTUNATELY the only option for saving Europe from Muslim dominance is another tyranny. 
  • Neo-Nazis and crypto-Nazis are already coming out, emboldened by the growing fear and disgust of the general population with rampant Muslim crime and terror. 
  • Moderate anti-Islamization organizations and political parties are bound to morph into more radical fascist movements once they establish a stronger foothold in European parliaments.
  • The future looks dim.  Either Europe will be fully colonized by Islam, or it will revert to the rule of fascist despots.  According to a widening point of view, there is no way to repatriate Muslims out of Europe without a ruthless right wing government in power. 
  • Or it could all end in nuclear apocalypse and chaos, as terrorists are already working on an attack on nuclear power plants, and on detonating home-made nuclear devices.

  • Continue reading and see how normal life continued in Paris under Nazi occupation.  See also links to related articles

     
     
     
    Positive: The Nazis were shown as integrated
    Positive: The Nazis were shown as integrated into Paris life in Zucca's pictures. Some historians say his work is too easily dismissed as propaganda, as it shows some truth 

    Bustling: Instead of war torn or repressed, Paris in Zucca's photographs is seen to be thriving with full shops and restaurants
    Bustling: Instead of war torn or repressed, Paris in Zucca's photographs is seen to be thriving with full shops and restaurants

    Controversial: Andre Zucca's series of photographs, such as these young women posing in unusual sunglasses
    Andre Zucca's series of photographs, such as these young women posing in unusual sunglasses, showed Parisians enjoying life under German rule 
     
    Wehrmacht officers talk to a woman
    Woman chats with German officers.
     
     
    Positive light: Zucca's photos show women dressed in the height of fashion and courting young lovers enjoying the French sunshine
    Time for fashion
     
    Positive light: Zucca's photos show women dressed in the height of fashion and courting young lovers enjoying the French sunshine
    And romance.


    Shielded from war: A young family, including a man of usual conscription age, sit in the sunshine eating grapes
    A young family enjoys some leisure time.

    Captive city: An elephant reaches across from its enclosure to take something from the hand of a youngster. Zucca aimed to show a Paris that was happy under the Nazi yoke
    A day at the Zoo

    Taking in the sights: A German soldier looks on at lethargic-looking polar bears at the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Paris's famous zoo
    Even the fierce polar bear seems lethargic and indifferent to the presence of a German soldier at the Paris zoo.


    Show of force: Stern-looking soldiers from the Wehrmacht march down one of the city's broad boulevards, which in the minds of Parisians are more usually associated with strolling and leisurely enjoyment
    Show of force: Stern-looking soldiers from the Wehrmacht march down one of the city's broad boulevards, which in the minds of Parisians are more usually associated with strolling and leisurely enjoyment

    Symbol of empire: A soldier and civilians mill around near Cleopatra's Needle in the Place de la Concorde, one of three obelisks taken from Egypt and re-erected in Paris, London and New York during the 19th Century
    Symbol of empire: A soldier and civilians mill around near Cleopatra's Needle in the Place de la Concorde, one of three obelisks taken from Egypt and re-erected in Paris, London and New York during the 19th Century

    Propaganda: Historians say images such as this one of a Nazi solider (on steps) walking freely with Parisians
    France under occupation.  A Nazi solider walking freely with Parisians.

    Trying to blend in? Senior looking German army officers stroll past a crowd of French enjoying the afternoon in one of Paris's outdoor cafés
    French and Germans having fun at an outdoor café.

    Uncomfortable legacy: Zucca's pictures have caused controversy over the years for their portrayal of the French
    A sunny day by the Seine.
     
     
    Still life: Zucca's propaganda pictures were bought by the Historical Library of the city of Paris in 1986
     

    Fat of the land: A wealthy looking man and woman ride in a cart pulled by two slim Parisians on a tandem bicycle.
    Fat of the land: A wealthy looking man and woman ride in a cart pulled by two slim Parisians on a tandem bicycle.
     
    Wealth and collaboration with the Nazis helped preserve life for a certain elite as thousands of French Jews were sent to the death camps

    Ingenious contraption: Two fashionably dressed young men stand by a tandem bicycle towing a carriage of sorts
    The mood is always relaxed.

    Opposing ideologies: A sign advertises the Europe Against Bolshevism exhibition, held under the auspices of Nazi front organisation the anti-Bolshevik Action Committee in Paris in 1942
    Opposing ideologies: A sign advertises the Europe Against Bolshevism exhibition, held under the auspices of Nazi front organisation the anti-Bolshevik Action Committee in Paris in 1942

    Grim-faced Parisian commuters cycle past another poster for the Europe Against Bolshevism exhibition
    Another sign announcing the Europe Against Bolshevism Exhibition.


    Vichy government head Marshal Pétain is the centrepiece of a shoe shop window display
    Marshal Philippe Pétain, a hero of the First World War who became the head of the Vichy government during the Nazi occupation, is the centrepiece in a shoe shop's window display. His government actively collaborated with persecution of the Jews


    Life goes on: Parisians go about their business, walking down into a subway. The majority of Zucca's images show Paris as a thriving, lively city
    Life goes on: Parisians go about their business, walking down into a subway. The majority of Zucca's images show Paris as a thriving, lively city

    Summer fun: A part of the Seine is pontooned off into a swimming pool, which is filled with hundreds of Parisians grabbing a chance to cool off in the summer heat
    Summer fun: A part of the Seine is pontooned off into a swimming pool, which is filled with hundreds of Parisians grabbing a chance to cool off in the summer heat
     
    A walk in the park: Shot by Zucca for German propaganda magazine Signal, these pictures show a Paris that is in sharp contrast to the hardships commonly associated with Nazi rule
    A walk in the park: Shot by Zucca for German propaganda magazine Signal, these pictures show a Paris that is in sharp contrast to the hardships commonly associated with Nazi rule
     
    Très chic: The images were taken to show the world how the French capital was thriving following the Nazi invasion
    Latest fashion.  Très chic. 
    (Quite a weapon too, when you think about it.)
     
    No rations: Pictures of cartloads of meat (left) and fashionable clothes (right) give the impression that French life was the same as pre-war
     
     
    This poster, which reads 'Assassins Always Return to the Scene of their Crime', shows Joan of Arc kneeling in prayer, her hands manacled, while below her the town of Rouen burns
    Flames: This poster, which reads 'Assassins Always Return to the Scene of their Crime', shows heroic Joan of Arc kneeling in prayer, her hands manacled, while below her the town of Rouen burns.
     
    The city was approximately 45 per cent destroyed by Allied bombing during the Second World War, when it was the location of the German navy HQ.
     
    Joan d'Arc who led an army to fight the English invader, held great power in the French right wing pantheon of heroes.
     
    A pretty young woman poses on her bicycle
    No Joan d'Arc this happy Parisian girl
    in a city occupied by German Nazis.
     
    Youngsters sail boats
    Youngsters sail boats: When exhibited in Paris in 2008, Bertrand Delanoë, leftist Mayor of Paris, ordered a notice to accompany the images stating that the pictures avoid the reality of occupation and its tragic aspects.
     
    Boys sit on a park wall: After Paris fell to the Nazis on June 14, 1940, Zucca was commissioned to work for the Signal the following year to portray the occupation in a positive light
    Boys sit on a park wall.
     
     
    Too young to understand: Girls and boys play in what appear to be the early forerunners of rollerskates against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower on central Paris's Champ de Mars
    Too young to understand: Girls and boys play in what appear to be the early forerunners of rollerskates against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower on central Paris's Champ de Mars
     
    A flower seller sits outside her shop on a bright, sunny day: Zucca's photographs are historically important not only as an example of Nazi propaganda but also because they were shot in colour
    A flower seller.  You can still see scenes such as this one in Paris.
     
    Ambiguity: Following France's liberation in 1944, Zucca was arrested but he was never prosecuted and continued to work as a wedding photographer until his death in 1973
     
    'If you want to earn more... come to work in Germany'
    'If you want to earn more... come to work in Germany': France under the collaborationist Vichy regime was the only Nazi-occupied country to pass laws forcing its citizens to go and work in Germany, which was short of manpower because of fighting in the east
     
    'They give their blood - give your work to save Europe from Bolshevism': Another poster encourages French to travel to Germany for work by alluding to the threat from the Soviet Union
    'They give their blood - give your work to save Europe from Bolshevism': Another poster encourages French to travel to Germany for work by alluding to the threat from the Soviet Union and the sacrifice of German soldiers fighting on the Eastern Front
     
     
    A car equipped to run on natural gas: With most petrol diverted to German forces to run their tanks, ships and planes, civilians were forced to find alternative sources of fuel for their vehicles
    A car equipped to run on natural gas: With most petrol diverted to German forces to run their tanks, ships and planes, civilians were forced to find alternative sources of fuel for their vehicles
     
    Needs must: Another car equipped to run on natural gas, with engine modifications making it almost appear like a souped-up Wacky Racer
    Needs must: Another car equipped to run on natural gas, with engine modifications making it almost appear like a souped-up Wacky Racer
     
    Running away? A harried looking man with two scruffily dressed girls drags a cart through the streets of Paris
     
     
    and elderly men huddle around a chair as they play cards (right)
    Pensioners pass the time
     
    At their leisure: Parisians are shown fishing
     
    or enjoying knitting or reading in the park (right)
     
     
     
    So did the buses run on time? Parisian commuters queue to board a bus on a chilly early morning under the Nazi yoke
     
    Beautiful: Paris is portrayed as calm and relaxed and untouched by the ravages of the Second World War that was raging across Europe
     
     
    Friendly force: Nazi soldiers are shown participating in Paris life and are seen shopping at the market (left) and at the horse racing (right)
    Nazis shopping with other French customers.
     
    Friendly force: Nazi soldiers are shown participating in Paris life and are seen shopping at the market (left) and at the horse racing (right)
    Horse racing continues normally.
     
    Relaxed: Rather than appear invaders, these Nazi soldiers fiddle with a camera like tourists and appear to be have a guidebook lying nearby
    With camera and guidebook, these Nazis tour Paris.
     
    Leisure: A shapely woman leaning over the side of the bridge is the focus of this photograph
     
    Making the best of it: A crowd surrounds a travelling band as they play music in a Paris street
     
     
    Important historical record: Zucca's photographs stand as one of the only full-colour records of live in Paris in the early-Forties
     
    Kind of blue: Thanks to his access to German Agfacolour film stock, Zucca was one of the few photographers who could made a lot of colour photos, although this seems a little faded by age now
     
    Gay Paris: A young woman checks her handbag while a man sits slumped over a walking stick in front of posters for the City's famous Moulin Rouge cabaret
    Outside the world-famous Moulin Rouge cabaret.
     
    Not yet modern: Bicycles are joined in this picture by the even then anachronistic sight of a horse-drawn carriage
    The famous MAXIM, where the fun and good food never stopped.
    French entertainers continued to entertain their German audience.  Many famous names were tainted by collaboration.
     
    A smartly dressed woman steps from a bicycle taxi: Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels wanted Paris to retain its pre-war image, at least on the surface
    An elegant woman steps from a bicycle taxi.
     
    Hustle and bustle: Even those involved in resistance or collaboration would walk the streets to go shopping, enjoy a stroll in the park, have a drink in a bar
     
    War to end all wars? Women in military uniforms look at a war memorial commemorating those killed in the First World War just over two decades earlier
    War to end all wars? Women in military uniforms look at a war memorial commemorating those killed in the First World War just over two decades earlier
     
    Occupation headquarters: Guard posts stand outside a building the sign of which advertises it as an important spot for the occupying German army
    Occupation headquarters: Guard posts stand outside a building the sign of which advertises it as an important spot for the occupying German army
     
    Letting them know who's boss: Street signs advertise locations of German facilities in Paris, with their French names written in smaller text beneath
    Letting them know who's boss: Street signs advertise locations of German facilities in Paris, with their French names written in smaller text beneath.
     
    One of the signs is for the Red Cross.  The Red Cross collaborated with the Nazi regime everywhere, by hiding the extent of Jewish suffering at the Nazi concentration camps. 
     
    In the last days of the war and for months after it, the Red Cross and the Vatican worked independently to provide false ID cards to Nazi criminals fleeing Europe.  The Vatican's routes of escape are known as THE RAT LINES. 
     
    Reminder of occupation: A theatre, which has an Imperial Eagle painted on its wall, proclaims itself as a German soldier's cinema
    German soldiers have their own cinema. 
     
    Trinkets: Two women in military-style uniforms shop at a stall selling toys. Zucca's pictures show both the hardship for French civilians and the collaborations between the Vichy regime and the Nazis
     
     
    Getting what they can: Poorer looking Parisians at a down-at-heel street market
    Getting what they can: Poorer looking Parisians at a down-at-heel street market. The curator of the exhibition five years ago said this collection were never published by Signal and were for Zucca's own use, perhaps accounting for the realistic depictions some show
     
    Market traders clear up after a day's work
     
     
    Not all fun and games: Zucca's depictions of Parisian life under Nazi rule don't only show a city full or happy, well off people, but also the daily struggles of those trying to get by as best they can
    A working class neighborhood.
     
    Real life under the Nazis: A woman walks a Parisian backstreet, in front of an older gentleman who is marked with the Star of David insignia that Jews were forced to wear
    The Jewish man on this picture has been forced to wear a Star of David.  Marked for eventual deportation and death.
     
    Reality? An elderly woman walks along wearing a yellow star. More than 70,000 Jews were deported from occupied France to the Nazi death camps
    An elderly woman walks along the street wearing the yellow star which Nazis forced Jews to wear. More than 70,000 Jews were deported from occupied France to the death camps.
     
    As a Jew in hiding, you had to be more afraid of being denounced by your fellow Frenchmen than of being caught by Nazi patrols. 
     
     
    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2417335/Paris-Nazi-lens-Propaganda-images-occupied-French-capital-citizens-thriving-German-rule.html


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    BRITAIN UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION 
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    Pictures show Nazi-occupied Jersey with shop signs in GERMAN and Swastikas on the windows

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    The Embrace Of Unreason: France, 1914-1940

    BOOK BITS - WHY EUROPEANS WILL CONTINUE TO WELCOME MUSLIM MIGRANTS while funding the EU long economic, diplomatic, and propagandistic war against Israel and the Jews. 

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     - Europeans say so. In their own words


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    UNBELIEVABLE!

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    Muslims targeting nuclear facilities

    Terror alert after Belgian nuclear plant guard is murdered and his security pass is stolen amid concerns terrorists are plotting an attack on power station 
    • Security guard at a Belgian nuclear plant was murdered in Charleroi area 
    • When he was found, his security pass for site had been taken from him
    • Officials quickly cancelled his security pass so nobody could try to use it 
    • Nuclear power plants are known to be targets for the terror network behind the Brussels bombings 
    Read more
    https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2016/03/26/terror-alert-after-belgian-nuclear-plant-guard-is-murdered-and-his-security-pass-is-stolen/

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    Muslims trying to make a radioactive device
    Were Brussels Muslim jihadis trying to make a RADIOACTIVE BOMB? Expert says ISIS may have been plotting to steal nuclear material – as 11 power plant workers have their access revoked amid fears of 'insider help'
    Read more
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3507417/Brussels-bombers-DID-plan-attack-nuclear-power-station-police-uncover-12-hours-footage-jihadists-filmed-outside-plant-director-s-home.html

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