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On the sign:
LE 20 AOÛT 1944, À L’AUBE, LES RÉSISTANTS OCCUPENT L’HÔTEL DE VILLE. DURANT TROIS JOURS ET QUATRE NUITS, ILS RÉSISTENT AUX ASSAUTS DE L’ENNEMI. LE 23 AOÛT, LE COMITÉ PARISIEN DE LIBÉRATION S’Y INSTALLE. LE SOIR DU 24 AOÛT, LES PREMIERS SOLDATS DE LA DIVISION LECLERC ARRIVENT SUR LES LIEUX. LE 25 AOÛT 1944, PARIS EST LIBÉRÉ
LES IMPACTS DE BALLES SUR LA FAÇADE DE L’HOTEL DE VILLE TÉMOIGNENT DE CES COMBATS
The sign on the Paris City Hall (Hôtel de ville) in the front facing Rivoli Street describes dates related to the City Hall during the liberation of Paris in World War II.
Translation of the text on the sign: ON AUGUST 20, 1944, AT DAWN, THE RESISTANTS OCCUPY THE CITY HALL. FOR THREE DAYS AND FOUR NIGHTS, THEY RESISTED THE ENEMY’S ASSAULTS. ON AUGUST 23, THE PARISIAN LIBERATION COMMITTEE SET UP THERE. ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 24, THE FIRST SOLDIERS OF THE LECLERC DIVISION ARRIVED ON THE PLACE. ON AUGUST 25, 1944, PARIS IS LIBERATED
THE BULLET IMPACTS ON THE FACADE OF THE CITY HALL TESTIFY TO THESE FIGHTS