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Article: Liberation remembered in Paris fete.(News)
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- The Birmingham Post (England)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2004
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Paris turned back the clock yesterday for a grand fete to remember the tears, joy and euphoria that heralded the liberation of the French capital in 1944 as it threw off the shackles of Nazi occupation.
Thousands of people took to the streets to watch and take part in various ceremonies, which began with six firefighters hoisting the French tricolore up the Eiffel ...