Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 14 o Pipiri 1940, ka haere te ope Tiamana ki Paris, i kiia nei he " taone tuwhera ". I te 16 ki te 17 o Hōngongoi 1942, i runga i ngā whakahau a Tiamana, i hopukina e ngā pirihimana me ngā pirihimana o Wīwī ngā Hurai 12,884, tae atu ki ngā tamariki 4,115, ā, i herea rātou mō ngā rā e rima ki te whare herehere o
"Vel d'Hiv" ("Vélodrome d'Hiver"), i kawea mai ai e te tereina ki te puni whakangaromanga i Auschwitz. Kāore tētahi o ngā tamariki i hoki mai. I te 25 o Akuhata 1944, i whakaorangia te taone nui e te French 2nd Armoured Division me te 4th Infantry Division o te United States Army. I arahi a Charles de Gaulle i te mano nui me te ngakau nui ki raro i te Champs Élysées ki Notre Dame de Paris, a ka whai korero mai i te Hôtel de Ville.