20 photos veritables de la Liberation de Paris
Gift of Ralph Fierstein-Feuerstein and Regina Cajgfinger Feuerstein
Id no. 2416.89.1-21, Photograph, French, English
US GI Ralph Feuerstein purchased these souvenir photographs of the first week after liberation of Paris in 1944 while stationed with the US Army in France.
The photographs include images of:
1. de Gaulle
2. Montgomery and Eisenhower
3. Leclerc
4. Barricade Rue Saint-Jacques
5. American troops parading on the Champs Elysees
6. Leclerc's troops parading on Rue de Rivoli
7. French girls welcoming American troops
8. Koenig with Leclerc's troops at the Arc de Triumph
9. American tanks at the Grand Palais
10. American troops with German prisoners
11. Bradley and Koenig at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
12. A crowd at the Place de l'Opera
13. American artillery at Place de la Concorde
14. American flags on the Champs Elysees
15. German prisoners
16. FFI Parading at Place de la Concorde
17. de Gaulle at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
18. German tank destroyed
19. German prisoners
20. American infantry on the Champs Elysees.
The photographs include images of:
1. de Gaulle
2. Montgomery and Eisenhower
3. Leclerc
4. Barricade Rue Saint-Jacques
5. American troops parading on the Champs Elysees
6. Leclerc's troops parading on Rue de Rivoli
7. French girls welcoming American troops
8. Koenig with Leclerc's troops at the Arc de Triumph
9. American tanks at the Grand Palais
10. American troops with German prisoners
11. Bradley and Koenig at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
12. A crowd at the Place de l'Opera
13. American artillery at Place de la Concorde
14. American flags on the Champs Elysees
15. German prisoners
16. FFI Parading at Place de la Concorde
17. de Gaulle at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
18. German tank destroyed
19. German prisoners
20. American infantry on the Champs Elysees.
