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of May, 1943, a news report from Berlin deepened the already dreary gloom that clung to the people of Nazi-occupied Paris.

Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels clung to the people of Nazi-occupied Paris. Propaganda minister Joseph Gerbils proudly announced to the world that the German capital of Berlin was officially

Udenfri, free of all Jews. As this news buzzed in the background on Nazi-controlled airwaves,

a man named Yvonne-Brefus, a Jew residing in Paris,

was carefully packing his luggage for a long, illegal journey.

A close inspection of Dreyfus's suitcase would have revealed a hidden compartment containing

200,000 francs in cash, a small stack of passport-sized photographs of himself,

and a conspicuous absence of any documentation to identify the owner of the bag.

As Dreyfus stepped outside into the mid-morning, the once bustling streets of Paris were hushed and tense. Three years prior, swathes of

citizens had fled the French capital as the booms of German artillery grew louder in the distance.

Millions of Parisians had crammed into cars, trucks, and trains on mass, often with no specific

destinations other than away.

This left the city's famous arrondissement sparsely populated.

The lack of humans was not the only cause for the quiet.

The German occupiers had enacted onerous gasoline rationing,

and it was difficult or impossible for ordinary citizens to travel by automobile.

On the occasion that a car or truck was seen driving in the city, it was usually full of bad news.

As he had been instructed, Greyfus made his way to the address,

25 Rue de Maturin, and climbed a set of stairs to a decaying beauty

parlor on the building's second floor. There he was scheduled to meet with the mysterious

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