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tv   Todliche Keime  Deutsche Welle  June 12, 2021 9:30pm-10:00pm CEST

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he felt like a failure, as a business man and a father. he's father 10 children, but didn't really take care of them there because he was le prestone. she my mom, it was my mom who raised us, sit down with the father. but more of a business man than a family now, it's good for me. the, during the great depression, when it's hotel attracted few guests people, li, jeremy worked on the many small details, inventions and special feature, which would eventually save liberally stole for instance, liberty stone was the 1st hotel in paris to have combined heating and air conditioning unit. but equally jeremy, his most famous invention was a magnifying mirror. it's all, there are many examples that show he was
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a visionary. those little magnifying mirrors in the bathrooms, which are now standard fixtures in every hotel around the world. now they're completely normal, but they were invented by people each m s, though no one knows that if he patented them, he'd have become a billionaire. unfortunately, he didn't do that at the time, but that gives you an idea of the kind of hotel here. he was full of ideas creative to see pretty jamaica. he did a korea and it was also the german idea to create an air raid shelter here to create a place where people could take refuge yet. once again, i refuge within a refuge just in case something really dramatic happened in paris. the lean years dragged on, still people had a wealth of contacts, bankers, restaurant tours and politicians who helped keep him afloat at a time when many hotels were going under me.
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ironically, it was only when german troops stan and cease paris in 1940. that the tide turned for equally chummy hands liberally took as the germans began to take control of the city and requisition it, so town people leave had to quickly come up with a plan to save his establishment to keep the nazis requisitions small, medium large hotels. according to the here are key of the troops who were to be large there, whether they were officers or soldiers. mackey, no cinemas were reserved for them. and for dells too. and all the signage was in germany. it's me, me and roughly the same spot where the hotel bar now sand, people leave jam a built his famous air raid shelter. it was his 8th and the whole. no other hotel
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could offer its guests such a sense of security. me as germany had not yet declared war on the united states. people, each army took a big gamble foster attributes of mr. i think he realized very quickly that history was sealing the face of paris and with it that of his business. and of course, he had this famous air raid shelter. so he went to see the american ambassador in paris. if you have, the police asked him to tell all his compatriots, or at least with his diplomats in paris that they should come and stay here. so that this place would remain almost neutral as far as that was possible at the time when you stick, it shows people they'll call, it won't be as yet. so american diplomat settled in at liberty stone, although the embassy had previously dealt with the alternative, young, the americans were swayed by the air raid shelter, as well as the facts that people eat,
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let the embassy staff have the rooms for free. that proof to be another clever move on his part. after american ambassador william berlin and his entourage moved in liberty still was not only protected from being seized by the germans. it was also fully booked for the 1st time in years. in the hotel with the site of secret political meetings, as well as a place where ordinary visitors from around the world could still find accommodation and war time. but i was my father had agreements with the american ambassador. it was considered to be a us hotel. as a result, it was never close to me. it was opened to parisian, were pointing to everybody loves me. in spite of all the restrictions, the police told was flourishing again the only hotel in the city to do so. many
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jewish citizens were already fleeing from the nazis. for some of them liberally stole became a place of refuge. together with her aid organization and morgan, the daughter, a famous american banker, j. p. morgan arranged the lodgings at the hotel for numerous jews from 1940 to 41. they were later evacuated to the u. s. mm. but equally, john may also secretly stowed away another jewish citizen. his name was leo lama. cruz. the jew, he hid was his architect, monsieur, mom. she created the new restaurant that still exists today. man, mom lived in room one. 06 for the entire duration of the war. you know, you sent his family, his children to switzerland since he was the only one in his family who stayed in paris because it won't be here. my father put him up and paid him. it is
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a full time employee. up front on me the the elevators wrought iron grille is the work of leo. lemme as are many other features still in existence at the stove today. for a full 4 years left more lived in hiding here and during this time he renovated a large part of the hotel and he was an extraordinary man. even today, you can't walk through this hotel without mentioning him about it. though let them all himself add to keep his wanderings here to a minimum, i
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may need a good dog. the funny thing is that he kept on working for the bristol just at night. so he walked through the hallways at night. he designed the wrought iron grille on the elevator. during this time i left at the end of the more he left the hotel as a free man ah last ma renovated 50 rooms during his years at liberty stole citizen yet. but apparently he was a man who could walk into an existing room and in the blink of an eye. you just what could be done to make it even more pleasant? said was keep a pocket stroke presently. ah right under the noses of the german occupiers and other guests,
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he bravely and secretly supervised the renovation from his hotel room. but a book package on sash back then. no one was to know he was there because little indiscretions are quickly committed. people are only human after role, but misuse. i'm a even made his room number disappear entirely for that in people's minds. this room didn't even exist. room one or 6, you know, there's room one or 5, but 16 doesn't exist. so like reading this or it's not known, what happened to lay or less mom, after the war, anti bully jammy. never breathed a word about this incredible story. pasco pool. ah, glad. i think that's for him to have taken the risk because it was arrested for which makisia mary could have paid a heavy price. they must have been more than casual acquaintances. cut them over time, they became quite fresh yet the cap actually hadn't cases like this of french people
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who saved other french juvie a micro history by the nuclear 22. but i think these little stories, because hotel history and tremendously nice to our new mentee muslim and i think we also have a need to show that such cases a solidarity exist if you know amanda city data that this hotel have to manage, loaded up and this will be unknown the when the united states entered the war in december 1941, the situation changed to get again for equally jammy and his hotel to the police stole, which had previously been neutral territory. now catered to the german embassies get so after the war, he was accused of collaborating with the nazis,
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as he was under the command of the chief of protocol, of the german embassy in paris fits vodo. for his time, he had to work together with his chief of protocol from the german embassy in paris, who was visibly very hot logged. you have been in his contact with a police john a unfortunately observe is didn't catch on to that right away, which you can understand at such an overwhelming time work the book at the i can only imagine that this kind of interaction in a hotel that was supposedly a hotel for diplomats neutral, protected quiet would raise lots and lots of questions. she the book a book quickly, but afterwards it turned out the person in question was a double agent. i believe him sobbed, did he know bordeaux with german who's spied for the french germain kept his silence, even though he could have cleared his name,
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his discretion applied to everyone. seamen, dubois who semen the one in the hotel during the war. he is associated with personalities like coco chanel, lived there for 30 years, clues. it's similar with other hotels with lim, always, salvador dali, new please. to my knowledge, the bristol never used art is intellectuals or painters needed to draw attention to itself. nothing ever says neither talk of collaborate. no, i quit stories about hidden people who went to see the structure. maybe because it's such a discreet place. because it to you today. ah, and those who are very discreet leave no traces behind. mm.
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ah, excuse me. at the end of the 2nd world war, drew closer. origins longed for peace. ah . and on august 25th, 1944. their wish was granted. with the liberation of paris by this time need, jeremy had carefully guided his hotel through 20 to moultry with years of history in the making. and in the final hours of the german occupation,
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he even helped to alter the course of history. hitler's order to completely destroy paris was not executed in the end and liberally stole played a part in this in exchange for sparing the city. $150.00 german officers wives were hidden from the french resistance at the police stove for a night and smuggled out of paris unharmed. ah, the man responsible for cutting to deal with swedish console generals how will nordland, who knew eagerly chummy and liberally stole very well? ah, today the hotel's role in this story is hardly known. liberty stole has never
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boasted about this part of its history. its focus remains on being the ideal luxury hotel but later lemme the jewish architect who found refuge here, left his mark on the stove, restaurant in 1940 the hotel coal store was located here. the room was badly damaged. the mon covered the walls of the oval shaped room with light colored wood. he watched the art deco furnishings for fine, 18th century style furniture, giving the room a sense of elegance warmed intimacy. and distinction. chef, every question has made the bodies, those epicure restaurant into a colon every temple which holds 3 michelin stars. like i do say in the home that was all every day table reservations, artist, the restaurant is always fully booked up with the who's coming. are they v i p only
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thought that we did receive the waste app. try out the new dishes on the menu. they must know exactly what they're serving and how it taste them. could you blocked? the wine selection must also be perfect. the summer lea a coordinates it with the chef and the restaurant manager. people li jammy was the only hotel owner in paris who remained lord of his castle throughout the war. in the post war period, the hotels exceptionally good condition which owed much to layla, led the french foreign ministry to officially designate liberty stone as a place to stay. when ambassadors and a credit diplomat visited the french capital. mm. paris
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was once again a major player on the international political stage and visiting world leaders also needed hotel rooms. the west german chancellor call nevada arden, our often stayed at liberty stall. and it was here that he and french president charles de goal hammered out the final details of the treaty. the friendship treaty between france and west germany. the walk with the beach. when you're striking from the stock, chancellor, i don't know, i had an apartment here come on from the time he started coming to paris regularly done, he didn't always physically occupied. and after that, it was standard practice for all german chancellor to have an apartment in paris. they didn't have to register or ask the investor to prepare for their arrival. it was like they were at home, the paper he'd ever knew to come see it issues me in
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his day. he jam aim at many great statesmen, including then us president harry truman liberally. stone was now a true luxury class hotel. even today politicians, including german chancellor angle america, appreciate it's relative seclusion. we still let you talk. i think le bristol has always been a meeting place for the powerful due to its proximity to the palace to interior ministry. so the political world is always in here. the business world as well. multi school because business man titian's in places of power law, appraised you hand a lot of galleries have to get up shop nearby on don't is on the home. one morning and main 1964. people jump unexpectedly collapsed on the sidewalk.
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2 days later, after suffering a heart attack and a stroke, he died from then on his eldest son, p. f ran the family business. ah, yes, the young rebel became p at the hotel manager and husband. aah for la dahl! he flew around the world like his father before him. pierre shamay met with v. i. p . like then future french president, jacques, she huck. but what would the luxury hotel be without a truly romantic love story? ah, after p f. divorce from his 1st wife. heidi entered his life. the young german woman was looking for a job at the stolen paris of all places. i
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am at 19 and i wasn't even the age you when you were $21.00 back then and came to paris and they could not believe it was a 22 hour train trip to travel from berlin parents and guardians long enough to fly to america. ah, when he finally saved me, it took just half an hour just and i was hired and he says this, this thing went quite fast as well. he done him up. no, you can't do that here. what do you want to do that i don't kid tell me what you want me to do. and that was it. you have room know and then you get one dinner, etc. in house now i was out the door. oh back then it was twice heidi's age. but that proved no obstacle.
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ah, it was love lick already the couple married in 1966. ah, 3 years later their daughter was born. ah, the family enjoyed living in the hotel. they received the guests and represented and carried on equally john, a legacy of the passions. so essentially the nicest thing in the world, the d n. and heidi continued to run the hotel through the 1900 sixties and seventies back then. strict codes of conduct were still in place that luxury hotel give us 90 minutes. and we actually wanted more of a quiet clientele,
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but not like to have today. stevie horton, it was a little old fashion. for example, you know, man couldn't restaurant wearing a time, that's a day that something people to get later, locally still got its own hair salon. and last but not least, something equally jama had always rejected out of hand. an in house bar show checking out to father with his diplomatic leon. town did not want a bond in the breast. all we could do. he was afraid that street walkers would come into the hotel van food. we started, i opened the bar here now and 1975. josephine baker celebrated her 50th stage anniversary in paris. 250 invited guests came to the police told to join in the revelry with the legendary
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american born performer who found fame in france was only too chemo called poppy baker also celebrated the last evening of her life. here it was the last big soiree presided over by the jam, a family partner for joseph and wicker. we held the last dinner for joseph who died the next day. right. the funeral was hounded la madeleine user lynn or new book who we had long some lots of artists since she was actually seal. so i came down the stairs and ask it, i know good during that. pre lots of
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she liberty sto now boasts one of the largest hotel, wine sellers in france. almost 100000 bottles are stored here. 85 percent of them are french wines. some 15 years ago, liberally stole began producing its own house wine and has a mass quite a collection. formerly a bell now never always finds just the right vintage to go with every meal served at the epicure restaurant. even easily jimmy wasn't averse to a glass or 2 and you didn't care who we started. you them of course let based on had a wine cellar bag then though it didn't have as many bottles, no shoulder. we've been lucky enough to acquire a large number of bottles and through the great efforts of the shaft,
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the restaurant was awarded with the 1st 2, then 3 mission stars. so we've really expanded our wine cellar because the demand is down to come to eat lunch or dinner at a 3 star restaurant in our commerce when it comes to wine and trying to me. so we must respond to that demand. and that's what we've done in almost a century has passed since liberty sto 1st opened its doors in 1978. the shamay family sold the hotel. in addition to pierre, the managing director lead had 9 other children who stood to inherit their share. awe. today liberally stole is a 5 star palace hotel. the highest hotel classification that exists in france. its managed to retain its original character, discreet and unobtrusive, and laid back while moving with the times. easily readings, half
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a phone pretty well. as you can see now, i'm the 1st female head concierge in palace hotel with the path at the start. this was mainly a man's profession was windy because she used to work a way up through the course malaise or bell boys smell and back then they had to carry heavy load. if it's a very small oak for light city, we have today more need they were essentially all man get the bill which you and then they had to pop nice cars, which was also a male domains eco. but today there are schools which let young people young women trained to become unable to enter this profession. sonya papa is duties as concierge differ considerably from those of her predecessors routine enough to test maybe there was the telephone in the beginning that may be knocked. so like when the fax machines and telecom, if she called me an occasion was very different back then you connect her back and
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you, me and when you want to make a reservation at the restaurant, you had to know the phone number by heart have the right contact maybe could have been told that when they left an establishment, concierge hold their address book, they separate. they sold the positions with all the contacts that nipple and also experience the sales are now with the new social networks and the internet. our clients can get only information they want you to have to do a formation key. so a profession has changed entirely as the clients are already new to your building. now what they want to do is say rather tell, and then it's key to the fair liberty stole is open to wall, yet retains an air of mystery. woody allen shot his fell midnight in paris here. and a listers like leonardo dicaprio, a regular guest who can come and go virtually unnoticed.
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ah, do need, we've added attention planner to bristol, in recent years, before things here were more masculine. businessman high finance. and now we have given it a bit of glamour with the cinema lumber remaining very pretty. so i suspect it all comes back to that aspect of being safe, of being sheltered from everything. even if you do something terrible. even if you leave here thinking you should never have done it. what happens here stays here. so the word will never get out is suspended. and this aspect of silence, which we call discretion, is something that has always characterized us. if and what good is, it's something that underlines the family aspect. what happens in a family stays in a family and he asked me,
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