At the outbreak of the 2nd World War, the eyes of many people in Europe, overrun by the Germans, turned full of hope or helplessly towards the free world. A perilous escape route was created from Paris to Marseille, which could only be reached by detours and surreptitious routes. There one waited for one's papers and for a ship that would take one to Oran or Casablanca, from there to Lisbon, and from there to the free world. One waited . . . and waited . . . and waited . . . and waited . . .
"Imagine you've made it, your visa, your transit, you're ready to go, you've said goodbye to all your loved ones, left your life behind, and then . . . they deny you the exit stamp."
This is how it is for many, 1940, in Marseille.
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