Between September 1940 and August 1944, luxury hotels are requisitioned by the Germans as staff headquarters, giving the hotels' employees a ringside seat of the enemy's secrets and activities. Such is the case with Royal Palace, run by Maxime and Solange Verdier, in which the Abwerth, the German counter-intelligence service, establishes its HQ.
François Verdier
Maxime Verdier
Hortense Verdier
Marion Verdier
Solange Verdier / Rose-Marie Verdier
Colonel Otto Strudel
Lieutenant Johan Brandt
Colonel SS Spieder
Général Sternitz
Anatole Mandrin
Olga Jacobsen
Adolf Hitler
May 6, 2012
François Verdier
Maxime Verdier
Hortense Verdier
Marion Verdier
Solange Verdier / Rose-Marie Verdier
Colonel Otto Strudel
Lieutenant Johan Brandt
Colonel SS Spieder
Général Sternitz
Anatole Mandrin
Olga Jacobsen
Adolf Hitler