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Jane Rogoyska examines Paris’s Lutetia hotel during the second world war, when it housed Nazi officers and later served as France’s largest reunification centre.
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From haven for intellectuals fleeing Hitler to the HQ of the feared Abwehr, the changing fortunes of a Parisian icon

What if the National Rally wins, in one of Europe’s most centralised states?

Holidays in hell are horribly popular

How a French woman has become a global symbol of strength and survival

Sir Michael Moritz’s brilliant memoir traces his parents’ journey and his own

Donald Trump’s America makes Gaullism respectable again