![]() The Palace during the Second World War”, project led by: Otto von Bismarck Foundation, Friedrichsruh German miliary convoys in destroyed Paris, FV2791/RG604277, source : Bundesarchiv, Bestand Photographe : Emmanuel-Louis Mas (1891-1979) © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GPīildarchiv Foto Marburg / © Hartwig Beseler La Médiathèque de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine.United States National Archives and Records Administration.United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of the Gasul Family.Roger-Viollet©André Zucca / BHPV / Roger-Viollet, ©US National Archives / Roger-Viollet, ©LAPI / Roger-Viollet, Laure Albin Guillot / Roger-Viollet, ©Excelsior-L’Equipe / Roger-Viollet, ©Ullstein-Bild / Roger-Viollet.Institut national de l’Information géographique et forestière (IGN).Institut national de l’audiovisuel (INA).©PhotoQuest, ©Keystone France, ©Popperfoto, ©Ullstein Bild Dtl., ©Universal History Collections particulières (tous droits réservés)Ĭollection personnelle Philippe Nicollier / © Claude Nicollier.Centre d’Etudes Guerre et Société (CegeSoma).Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München/Bildarchivīibliothèque nationale de France / © Gallicaīibliothèque nationale de France / © Retronews.Archives communales de la ville de Versailles.Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Gardens of Versailles during World War II, 1945. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution (collection James J.Rorimer).Photographies of the Palace of Versailles.RMN (©Franck Raux ©Christophe Fouin ©droits réservés) Mgr Roland-Gosselin, Pierre Revilliod, Gaston Henri-Haye and François Fourcault de Pavant, Appeal to the Belligerents, 17 August 1944 Surely neither the German army, who well remember that the unity of the German Empire was proclaimed in Versailles, nor the American army, who have not forgotten that the independence of the USA was consecrated at Versailles, would wish to stand before the judgement of History and bear the crushing responsibility for such a crime. The destruction of such treasures, such elegance, would be an irreparable loss to humanity. The histories of our peoples are intertwined here. An entire civilisation is represented here. In its history, its soul, Versailles embodies our past. They enjoin them to regard Versailles as an open city, to respect the peerless artistic treasures found in its palaces and gardens. “ As the front line moves closer to Versailles, the civil and religious leaders of this historic town which witnessed the apogee of the monarchy (…) address a solemn appeal to the belligerent parties. Le Figaro, 24 November 1939 © BnF-Gallica / © Bibliothèque Nationale de France Would Hitler have also wiped the Palace of Versailles off the map? Let’s keep closed the rooms in which we cannot see paintings already evacuated… But why must we keep closed the Hall of Mirrors, Hercules Room, the King’s and Queen’s State apartments? Above all, why must we keep the park closed? The guardians are all retired or disabled from the last war, they are no longer susceptible to be send to the front… So? Do we keep closed the public gardens in Paris? Indeed, we do not understand the closing of the Palace of Versailles, which is, for sure, a huge disaster for the city. ![]() The Chamber of Commerce and the municipality objected, unsucessfully… Why? » The Palace and the gardens are now closed, since the war, and the people of Versailles are lamenting, especially the merchants, who mainly live thanks to this Sunday invasion… « We are no longer visited by people, and our french or foreign hosts are leaving us, one by one, they said. They used to come here, even in winter, every Saturday afternoon and Sunday to visit the Palace, and above all to walk across the gardens. Versailles, gardens of Paris Versailles, regular place of promenade for the people of Paris. Le Figaro, ‘Versailles Wiped off the Map’
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