
23/06/2025
🇺🇸🇫🇷It was an honor to be invited to the American Embassy in Paris, to discover the 18th century private mansion where it is housed.
The history of Hôtel de Talleyrand, Center George C. Marshall is incredible!
Once the house of the State Minister under Louis XV, it then became the house of Talleyrand in Napoleon's time.
The Rothschilds bought this private mansion in 1838 from Talleyrand's family, and it became theirs until WWII.
During the occupation of Paris in WWII , the private mansion became the n**i headquarters for the navy of N**i Germany ("kriegsmarine").
The United States Government rented it after the war, before they bought it from the Rothschilds.
The Marshall Plan operated here (picture 4).
On pictures 8 and 9, you can see the hidden door, behind which there was once a staircase , leading to the upstairs bedrooms of Guy de Rothschild and his sisters. This hidden passage (closed today) was only found thanks to Guy de Rothschild who shared about his childhood memories of the house.
He also explained how he remembers seeing the n**is marching down the Rue de Rivoli,and on Concorde square in 1940 (picture 6).
I would love to tell you more about this place on my WWII Paris history/Paris in Wartime walking tour !