Lutetia Hotel, French culture German WW2

The Lutetia hotel was one of Paris ’ landmarks, a monument to the city’s cultural memory where art, history and luxury met. In Dec 1910 Lutetia was opened by Marguerite and Aristide Boucicaut , visionary founders of Le Bon Marché . They created a hotel to welcome the department store’s wealthy clientele and reflect the cosmopolitan Left Bank . The result was unlike any other in Paris: a fusion of…