Nazi occupation of France. Ordres de l'Autorité Allemande. Bilingual poster divided into two columns in French and German measuring 40x79.5 cm. Good condition. Bilingual poster listing the orders of the German authority a few days after the Nazi occupation of France. A whole series of 'measures' are listed in order to 'maintain order and peace'. The last point reads: 'Toute opposition contre les ordres de l'Armée allemande, les actes de sabotage de tout genre, le pillage, seront punis de mort'.

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