The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

Elmar Michel: Self, chairman of Salamander Shoes

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• Dr. Elmar Michel, Former Economic Advisor to German Military Command : I listened to my collaborators and said, "Why not?" And so the races started up again and continued until 1944. Thanks to us, the theaters were able to open their doors again. We often went to the theater, alone or with friends. The Germans also attended the races, which is how the different parties made contact quite spontaneously. Personal relationships developed between the different sides, probably for various reasons.

  Interviewer : I'm sure you're aware there has been a tendency in France since the war to deny that such contact ever existed.

  Dr. Elmar Michel, Former Economic Advisor to German Military Command : Yes, but it did exist.