Clearing of sandbag protection from the facade of Notre Dame, German-occupied Paris, 1940. Artist: Unknown

Clearing of sandbag protection from the facade of Notre Dame, German-occupied Paris, 1940. Artist: Unknown

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Clearing of sandbag protection from the facade of Notre Dame, German-occupied Paris, 1940. Paris survived the Nazi invasion relatively unscathed after the government declared it an open city and abandoned it to the Germans.

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