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WE DID NOT ARRIVE at first light as Hitler had done, greeted by swastikas flying from rooftops and along silent streets. Instead we slipped into Paris by night, intent on seeing the sights as the Führer did on June 23, 1940—but also determined to explore the avenues and quarters where his most ardent followers, namely …
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