Hear how the Parisians survived the dark years of the Occupation from 1940-44 on this walk in the area of the rue St. Honoré, the Concorde Square and the Champs Elysées, with stories of daily life, the Gestapo, the Resistance and the Liberation. We will see the traces of the last street battle on rue de Rivoli and the Hotel Meurice where General Von Choltitz surrendered the German forces. See the Jeu de Paume Museum, where Rose Valland's heroic endeavors saved priceless artworks from Nazi plunder. We contrast instances of collaboration with accounts of magnificent courage displayed by French and foreigners alike in the face of arrest and deportation. We probed the murky activities of Coco Chanel and why Edith Piaf was arrested at the Liberation. We celebrated with Ernest Hemingway the liberation of the Ritz Hotel, stride with Charles de Gaulle down the Champs Elysées and ask the burning question; "Why wasn't Paris destroyed as Hitler ordered?"