Paris during the Nazi occupation (1940-1941)

View of the Eiffel Tower in July 1940 (from bottom to top).

German officers walk to the pavilion to climb the Eiffel Tower.

Panorama of the metal structures of the Eiffel Tower (from bottom to top).

German soldiers climb up the stairs of the Eiffel Tower, interior view of the tower structures (from bottom to top).

German soldiers survey Paris from the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower.

View of part of a Parisian quarter, the Seine River and the Arc de Triomphe (from top).

Pedestrians and cars at one of the Parisian intersections.

Signs in German in front of the Opera building.

Cyclists and bicycle taxis on one of the streets of Paris (from top).

Pedestrians on the streets of Paris.

View of the Vendome Column on the square of the same name.

The Clemenceau monument in Paris.

Views of the Sacré-Coeur temple on the Montmartre hill.

Panorama of tables of a street cafe in Montmartre, a few visitors at the tables.

German soldiers walking along the streets of Montmartre.

A German soldier looks at paintings hanging on the wall of a house in Montmartre.

German soldiers look at the sights of Montmartre.

Street artists painting.

A young artist at his easel.

View of a street in Montmartre.

A graphic artist on one of the streets of Montmartre, panorama of the Sacre-Coeur.

A waitress serves visitors of an outdoor cafe.

A French artist at a table in an outdoor cafe painting a portrait of a German officer sitting opposite him.

Panorama of the Place Pigalle, passers-by on the square.

View of the Moulin Rouge cabaret with a mill.

Passers-by on one of the streets of Paris.

German soldiers on the street buying leather gloves.

Passers-by on one of the streets of Paris.

German soldiers among passers-by.

Street trade in birds in cages.

Buyers examine the birds, the seller puts cages with birds on a tray.

German soldiers among buyers.

Booksellers sell books on one of the boulevards, German soldiers look at books.

Street trade in postage stamps.

A German soldier looks at an album with stamps at one of the stalls.

Buyers look at stamps.

View of one of the Parisian crossroads.

Sculptural decorations on the facade of the building of the National Academy of Music, the German military symphony orchestra performs a piece of music at the entrance to the academy building.

The conductor leads the orchestra, musicians during the performance of the piece.

Fishermen with fishing rods on the Seine embankment (panoramas and views from above).

View of Notre Dame Cathedral, a fisherman with a catch walks along the embankment under the bridge.

Fishermen with fishing rods on the bank of the Seine opposite the Cité and Notre Dame Cathedral.

Book stall of second-hand booksellers on the embankment opposite Notre Dame Cathedral.

Sale of books and geographical maps on the Seine embankment.

View of Notre Dame Cathedral.

Entrance to the cathedral.

Priests enter the cathedral.

Sculptural medieval decorations of the cathedral, panorama of the cathedral rose window.

Statue of a saint and sculptural bas-relief above one of the entrances.

Sculptural decorations of the cathedral.

Equestrian statue of Louis XIV on the square in front of the palace in Versailles.

The caretaker of the palace leads German soldiers on a tour.

German soldiers, accompanied by a guide, walk around the grounds of Versailles.