German occupation of France - A different view | River of Recollection 

My father served in the Wehrmacht and occupied Paris. He had two French girlfriends. After he died I discovered photos and letters from these girlfriends. Fascinating reading.

Bravo, Well done, As and Englishman who has lived i France for +15 years this is a remarkable, honest, and true representation/reflection of France and the French during the occupation in rural France along the demarcation zone. Thank you for producing and recording such a memory that alas will soon be lost to us .

Thank you for making subtitles, this is truly amazing.

In 2001 I worked in a recycling factory in Chicago,I found a bag containing envelopes, the correspondence between a chicagoan doctor and a woman in Rotterdam during WWII,there was an envelope with the german eagle and the words "geöffnet",it means opened.I thought "What innocent people were the Germans.

Great production! I really enjoyed the technique of overlaying historical photographs on top of modern live footage taking from exactly the same angle. It adds so much to the experience.

as a 70yo australian i really enjoyed this video. thanks for posting.

A wonderful film. Thank you!

Wonderfully composed. Thank you.

What an astonishing documentary!...reminds me of how people in the channel islands got on with the germans

Amazing production and thought-provoking.

Thank you for this. It was beautiful.

Very interesting - not enough is shown about this.

Quand on voit ce qu'est devenue la France aujourd'hui...!

beautiful cinematography thanks for uploading this wonderful work!

This is amazing to watch as a Social Studies teacher . This captures the essence of ORAL HISTORY

Great job, very well done, thank you!

Very interesting! Good production too needs more views

GREAT !! Thnx so much for uploading ! Plse more.

Very interesting watch! Thank you

Wow! BRILLIANT! Thank you!

This is amazing, thank you!

Nothing like Paris in the Springtime. Brisk walks, warm midday sun in a park.

Regarding the camera work. It is important to keep the camera still, as is fortunately done here -- and not, as too often occurs, wave the camera left and right fast or too fast, and zoom in and zoom out. We lucky viewers have time to see everything as it is / was because of the professionalism, consideration and respect shown to the subjects of the cinematographer. "Springtime in Paris." Elsewhere in France, everything here looks pretty, green, tranquil during the filming in what must surely have been late spring and early summer. . . . Of course the blending of the 1940s b&w with contemporary images is ingenious and unique delivering fascinating results. The audio levels are consistent; subtitles legible and greatly appreciated. Are the train tracks we saw still in use or "not in service"? The clear memories of these senior citizens of their childhoods during occupation brought back to mind a romantic comedy, feature film from 1969, "If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Belgium." In addition to the love story slowing unfolding between the American tourist, Suzanne Pleshette, and her bus full of sight-seers', English guide, Ian McShane, while touring the continent there is a humorous, strangely nostalgic scene where the male German and American tourists, two men, enemy soldiers from a quarter century prior, reminisce and act out for their wives their 'heroic' exploits -- embellished and exaggerated. The fun, well-crafted, scenic movie was executive produced by David L. Wolper, the same filmmaker who just the prior year delivered to the world the six-hour documentary, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich," that was based on the acclaimed book. As others have noted on IMDB, it is most unfortunate only a version half its original length is available for viewing today. Apparently no one knows the reason(s) the Wolper Organization keeps it locked in its film vault, no longer offered for public viewing or Blu-ray and DVD editions available for purchase. Merci, "Mesavo."

Maréchal! Nous Vóila!

A perfect case of what do I believe, official history or my own eyes. A rare glimpse into WW2 truth, I loved it, thank you.

Very good !

Nice video...reminds that in terrible conflicts theere were human behavior an nice gestures.

Girls in France: Its so romantic here! Boys in France:

What's the name of the intro song

when u realise everything you touch and step have some history in there

Un projet bien fait !

Hltler's ghost haunts the present. Plans for everyone.

Feu Mme la Chatelaine de Bayer en Charente, nous avait raconté lors d'une visite du château que pendant l'occupation, les Villageois préparaient des jardinières tricolore pour mettre aux fenêtres des maisons. Bien sûr les Allemands arrachaient les fleurs, mais dès le lendemain, les Français les avaient replantés. Elle disait aussi que lorsqu'un avion passait pour un bombardement, si c'était les Anglais personne n'était inquiété, mais que si c'était les Américains, tout le monde avait peur car eux ne savaient pas viser (de son point de vue d'enfant à l'époque) et qu'ils pouvaient tirer sur n'importe quoi, y compris les maisons.

The moral of the story = We see what is in front of us on the day, that month, that year. We never see over the hill, over the countryside, over the continent. We see our facts through our eyes. History is given to us by others. History is manipulated by other big pictures. In life, it is never what happens to you; it is how you see it and its value.

We hear little of Vichy.

If Red Skull has Wanda's powers!

1940 - 1944 🇩🇪 🇫🇷

Bravo pour ce voyage dans le temps , comme Québécois je suis attaché a la France .Too bad the young generation has little interest for this past...they say ''Ok , boomer xxx''

Intro song name ????

10:20 to 10:50 lol

My grandfather served in the 🇺🇸 ARMY FIGHTING 69TH TANK REGIMENT. I'm very proud of him. Although he didn't like talking about the war. It was a very important victory for everyone even modern day Germans can appreciate the fact the nazis were stopped. I loved this video. The community is beautiful. Sorry to hear about the owners and employees of the castle R.I.P. 🙏. To the director. 👏 👏 👏 Keep up the great work. Respect from Frank Furia Palm Beach Florida 🇺🇸.

Ciel! Tout le contraire de ce qu'on nous a toujours raconté! Se pourrait-il donc que l'on nous ait menti, tout simplement? À savoir que les Allemands se soient tout bonnement comportés en soldats civilisés durant l'occupation? Je tombe des nues...

worth reading those interested in life in occupied & Vichy France. It deals with the terrible French habit of denouncing by letter or verbally their neighbours, friends, acquaintances etc more often Jews during the war. It is calculated the German & Vichy authorities received between 5 & 8 MILLION such letters ! This book is : "Dénoncer Les Juifs sous l'Occupation " by Laurent Joly CNRS Editions Paris 2017 New Edition covers this tragic part of the occupation.

Titel auf Englisch, Video auf Deutsch und Franzözisch… warum? Ich kann Englisch und Deutsch aber nicht Fränzosisch

Au-f der Hei-de blüht ein klei-nes Blü-melein, bumm-bumm bumm, und das heißt, bumm, bumm, bumm, E-rika!

What is the point? The same polite and kind German soldiers when transferred to the Eastern front did not throw chocolates at children but hanged them for fun. Yuri Gagarin's, 1st man in space, brother was hanged by a bored or feeling superior German soldier that was billeting in their home that meant displacing the family to the pigsty. French did not want to fight after the World War I. If they have invaded Germany when all meagre German forces were attacking Polnd that would be the end of it.

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