Tim Bouverie reviews A German Officer in Occupied Paris by Ernst Jünger
The period between 1940 and 1944 is remembered as France’s dark years. But for the occupying German soldiers, it was a time of pleasure and plenty; a privileged period when officers, both literally and metaphorically hundreds of miles from the Russian front, could indulge in leisurely walks along the Seine, drink champagne in terraced cafés, dine at the Ritz and enjoy the delights of Parisian nightlife.
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