Paris in World War II
The atlas holds 9 people and 15 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Charles de Gaulle, Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Notable people
Charles de Gaulle
from 1940 to 1944
3 moments here
French army officer, leader of Free France during the Second World War, head of France's Provisional Government, and president of the French Fifth…
Albert Camus
from 1940 to 1945
3 moments here
French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…
Jean-Paul Sartre
from 1941 to 1945
3 moments here
French philosopher, writer, and political activist associated with existentialism. His documented movements include education and teaching across…
Adolf Hitler
in 1940
1 moment here
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who led the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), became German…
Pablo Picasso
in 1940
1 moment here
Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…
Winston Churchill
in 1944
1 moment here
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
George Orwell
in 1945
1 moment here
George Orwell was the pen name of Eric Arthur Blair, an English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic, and democratic socialist.…
Ernest Hemingway
in 1944
1 moment here
American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Hemingway’s documented movements ranged from Illinois and Michigan to Italy in World War I,…
Frida Kahlo
in 1939
1 moment here
Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo y Calderón) was born in Coyoacán and spent much of her life in Mexico City.…
Moments
- 1939 Paris exhibition trip Frida Kahlo
- 1940 Move to Paris for Paris-Soir Albert Camus
- 1940 Tours Paris Adolf Hitler
- 1940 In Paris as brigadier-general Charles de Gaulle
- 1940 Returns to occupied Paris Pablo Picasso
- 1941 Returned to teaching and settled at Hotel Mistral Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1941 Teaching at Lycée Condorcet Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1943 Return to Paris and Resistance work Albert Camus
- 1944 Liberation of Paris Charles de Gaulle
- 1944 Liberation of Paris Ernest Hemingway
- 1944 Reception for Churchill in Paris Charles de Gaulle
- 1944 Armistice Day in liberated Paris Winston Churchill
- 1945 Postwar residence in Paris Albert Camus
- 1945 Moved to rue Bonaparte Jean-Paul Sartre
- 1945 War correspondent in liberated Paris George Orwell