The Quantum of Light

Hotel Exile

Paris in the Shadow of War

by Jane Rogoyska

History, EuropeAllen Lane (UK), W. W. Norton (US)368 pagesISBN: 9780241679630Published: 26 February 2026

The history of the Hotel Lutetia on the Left Bank of Paris: a meeting place for exiles from Hitler's Germany in the 1930s, the headquarters of German military intelligence during the occupation, and a reception centre for deportees returning from the concentration camps in 1945. Winner of the 2026 American Library in Paris Book Award.

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