I will keep coming back to this post to add more notes .
*Joseph Kessel joined the "Résistance", crossed to Spain and joined the French Forces in England in the aviation."Le Chant des Partisans" was actually composed by Anna Marly(Betoulinsky) in 1941 in Russian in honnor of the Bolshevicks, and the French words were written by Kessel and his nephew Maurice Druon at the White Swann Pub on May 30, 1943. It was whistled twice a day on the radio at the beginning of the BBC's broadcast "Honneur et Patrie".
* There were lots of American black performers in Paris in the 20's and early 30's. After 1933, regulations favored French performers(only 10% of foreigners allowed).
*Josephine Baker was a performer in the 20's and 30's, and a war resistant.
*The Quintette du Hot Club de France was formed in 1934 by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelly. They played at "La Grosse Pomme"in 1937. Django spent the war in Paris Grappely in England.
*Joseph Kessel joined the "Résistance", crossed to Spain and joined the French Forces in England in the aviation."Le Chant des Partisans" was actually composed by Anna Marly(Betoulinsky) in 1941 in Russian in honnor of the Bolshevicks, and the French words were written by Kessel and his nephew Maurice Druon at the White Swann Pub on May 30, 1943. It was whistled twice a day on the radio at the beginning of the BBC's broadcast "Honneur et Patrie".
* There were lots of American black performers in Paris in the 20's and early 30's. After 1933, regulations favored French performers(only 10% of foreigners allowed).
*Josephine Baker was a performer in the 20's and 30's, and a war resistant.
*The Quintette du Hot Club de France was formed in 1934 by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelly. They played at "La Grosse Pomme"in 1937. Django spent the war in Paris Grappely in England.
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