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Version 10 – July 24, 2024 09:44
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  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, feel the weight of the occupation as it was experienced in paris, imagine the life of a double agent risking life, or worse still, all for liberty, learn the true stories of the women the fought alongside men or alone, listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant
  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, feel the weight of the occupation as it was experienced in paris, learn the true stories of the women the fought alongside men or alone, listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant
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  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, feel the weight of the occupation as it was experienced in paris, learn the true stories of the women the fought alongside men or alone, listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant
  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, learn the true stories of the women the fought alongside men or alone, listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant, walk in van gogh's footsteps and see first hand the inspirations of the great painter
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  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, learn the true stories of the women the fought alongside men or alone, listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant, walk in van gogh's footsteps and see first hand the inspirations of the great painter
  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, discover fascinating details of the death of this misunderstood genius., listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant, walk in van gogh's footsteps and see first hand the inspirations of the great painter
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  • catch your breath at their daring and courage in the face of fascism, discover fascinating details of the death of this misunderstood genius., listen as she tells you tales almost lost to history of the shadow army of freedom fighters, meet the unusual, the unforgettable josephine baker: american dancer, paris star, and resistant, walk in van gogh's footsteps and see first hand the inspirations of the great painter
  • discover fascinating details of the death of this misunderstood genius., enjoy a dramatized walk through the town of auvers-sur-oise, see the van gogh landmarks : the church, the auberge ravoux, the maison du docteur gauchet, visit van gogh's tomb and and learn of his close relationship with his brother theo, walk in van gogh's footsteps and see first hand the inspirations of the great painter
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  • Plunge into a chapter of France’s history where few dare go, the Occupation under World War II. Your guide is none other than American star Josephine Baker, headline act of dancehall revues, delighting audiences with her charm, her beauty and her wit. Underneath the glamor, though, lay another life, a secret identity as agent of the Resistance that none would suspect. She was one of a shadow army combating Nazi oppression, risking her life not with stage acts, but acts of sabotage and strategy, with other freedom loving heroes and heroines who saved the country from its desperate plight.
  • She was one of many, whose daring helped bring about the Liberation, and yet many of their names and faces have nearly been lost to history. Scholars have long thought the Resistance the affair of men but more recent studies reveal just how critical women were to the movement. Josephine Baker will tell you all about their heroics, so long swept under the rug. You will marvel at the courage and sacrifice of these soldiers of the shadows, men and women, fighting under the mask of code names and under cover of night. 
  • Your spine will tingle as you pass by Nazi headquarters with this secret agent as your guide. She will help you just as she helped the Parisians survive this four-year-long ordeal by fire that finished only with the 1944 Liberation. It might never have happened without her and the countless other shadow soldiers, men and women, whose noble efforts must not be forgotten.
Version 3 – July 23, 2024 10:07
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  • Located about thirty kilometers from Paris, discover the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, which was the final refuge of Vincent Van Gogh, a misunderstood genius who revolutionized the history of painting. Accompanied by Vincent Van Gogh himself, you will relive with emotions the painter's last days there. Van Gogh settled in on May 20, 1890, at the Ravoux inn, and for 70 days, alternating between hope and anguish, he "threw himself into work" to forget his dark melancholy and not succumb to "his ailment." It was during this time that 74 paintings and drawings were born from this fervor for life. Among them, many masterpieces.
  • Vincent will lead you into his unique pictorial imagination through the analysis of one of his masterpieces: the Church of Auvers-sur-Oise (now the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption). It is through this artistic gateway that you will delve into the mystery of Van Gogh. This mystery will gradually unfold as you stroll through Auvers-sur-Oise, where you will rediscover the streets, landscapes, and iconic locations that inspired Van Gogh's final works.
  • Vincent will invite you to pause in the park that bears his name today, where several sculptures in his likeness stand, posthumous tributes from the sculptor Zadkine. Vincent will revisit the highlights of his life through the description of nine crucial dates that shaped his destiny and inspired his works. 
  • The Auberge Ravoux will be the next stop on your stroll. This artists' café will prove to be an emotionally charged place. It is here that Van Gogh stayed in Auvers-sur-Oise; it is also here that he died, in a modest room. Van Gogh will then present to you the last portrait he painted: that of Adeline Ravoux, daughter of the innkeeper.
  • What ailment afflicted Van Gogh? You will attempt to answer this question in front of Dr. Gachet's house, a specialist in "melancholy." You will be transported with horror at the mention of the various "treatments" inflicted on psychiatric patients in the 19th century, of which Van Gogh embodies the failure.
  • Finally, your journey to Auvers-sur-Oise will conclude with emotion around Van Gogh's death. Who killed Vincent Van Gogh? Himself, society, something else? You will find elements of an answer by discovering his last painting: Wheat Field with Crows. It is facing the wheat field that inspired the painting that you will hear the last letter he wrote to his dear brother Theo. Your journey ends at the cemetery of Auvers-sur-Oise, a place of contemplation, where the two brothers rest in peace, forever united under a bed of ivy.
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  • Thrill to Resistance bravery as told by American dancer Josephine Baker, herself a member of the underground freedom fighters, many of whom were women, saving France from Nazi barbarism.
  • Thrill to Resistance bravery as told by American dancer Josephine Baker, herself a member of the underground freedom fighters, many of whom were women, saving France from Nazi barbarism
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  • Thrill to Resistance bravery as told by American dancer Josephine Baker, herself a member of the underground freedom fighters, many of whom were women, saving France from Nazi barbarism
  • Relive the final days of Vincent Van Gogh's life through a theatrical stroll, meandering through the streets and monuments of Auvers-sur-Oise with a professional actor-guide.
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