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Tanuki

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4. First published in 1941.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:37 AM
Sep 2025
https://www.historynet.com/the-stories-behind-five-iconic-world-war-ii-images/french-liberation/
"Dubbed “The Weeping Frenchman,” the photo first appeared in print in Life Magazine in their March 3, 1941, issue, and came to represent the grief of a nation under occupation. The book “Marseille sous l’occupation” by Lucien Gaillard identifies the man in photo as Monsieur Jerôme Barzetti, who openly cried as French flags were taken down in the city of Marseilles in September 1940. (National Archives)"

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A picture is worth a thousand words. zanana1 Sep 2025 #1
It's J_William_Ryan Sep 2025 #2
Footage was shot in 1940. WhiskeyGrinder Sep 2025 #3
First published in 1941. Tanuki Sep 2025 #4
The look on the woman's face. RandomNumbers Sep 2025 #5
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