THE FUTURE SPRINGS OUT FROM BEHIND

 

RESIDENTS NO LONGER KNOW THAT THE VERSAILLAIS ARMY ATTACKED THE ORIGINAL CITY HALL... 

And have often forgotten the struggles for social justice that have made the town infinitely happier: 

The executed smiles, photo taken by a German soldier in October, 1944 /zoom

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 Yet "the future is not before us,

but springs out from behind."

-- Rahel Levin

A wall in the Communard bastion of Ménilmontant

For a very short summary 

of the struggles that followed

and their excellent result,

one more click. 

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IV.5.

What happened? The war did