THE
HAUNTING
of
PARIS
Georges Mandel,
photographed in
1932, when he was a
member of France’s
parliament. Opposite:
A painting by Thomas
Couture that the Nazis
stole from Mandel
when they occupied
Paris (center). It was
returned to his heirs
earlier this year.
A familiar name, a recovered painting,
that street in Paris: Who was Georges Mandel
and what does his murder 75 years
ago have to do with France today? BY JAMES MCAULEY