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> "A photograph of Paris' Le Meurice hotel in Rue de Rivoli flanked by the flags of Nazi Germany. These are actually Reichskriegsflaggen [1], which were the wa
by mytailorisrich 2y ago
> "A photograph of Paris' Le Meurice hotel in Rue de Rivoli flanked by the flags of Nazi Germany.
These are actually Reichskriegsflaggen [1], which were the war flags of the German army. Le Meurice hotel [2] was requisitioned by the occupation forces for their HQ, so that was definitely a dangerous photograph to take and to possess.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskriegsflagge https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reichskriegsflagge
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Meurice https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Meurice