Jean Parvier - A Paris sous la botte des Nazis - 1944

First trade edition of Jean Parvier - A Paris sous la botte des Nazis, published only three months after the Liberation of Paris, with over 225 black-and-white photogravures, many secretly documenting the Nazi-occupation of Paris from June 1940 to August 1944.

In this extraordinary photobook published only three months after the Liberation of Paris, the city's four-year occupation by German forces is recorded in over 225 black-and-white photographs attributed to leading photographers such as Roger Schall, Robert Doisneau, Pierre Vals, Maurice Jarnoux, Pierre Jahan, and the Seeberger brothers.

The book's striking images show Nazis marching through the Arc de Triomphe in June 1940, streets littered with smashed barricades, sightseeing German officers, underground prisons with the handprints of tortured prisoners dug into walls, and a series documenting an execution by firing squad. The book closes with the triumphant return of Général de Gaulle through the crowded streets of Paris. Published by Raymond Schall, whose brother Roger Schall, one of the leading photographers of the day, provided the cover image and many uncredited photographs within.

Introduction by Jean Eparvier. Text in French.

Condition: beautiful book in a 'as new' condition. Only a very small black stain on the upper left of the back. See picture