Paul Grappe

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DETECTIVES

The case of Paul Grappe

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CLUE 2

clue 1

Who is lying? Who is telling the truth?

Walk in the steps of Paul Grappe.

COLLECT

CLUE 3

Try to understand the complex identity of Paul Grappe.

Investigate in Paris after the First World War.

Solve!

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clue 1

Investigate key locations linked to Paul Grappe.

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1/5

Paul Grappe was born in 1891 at Rançonnières. Where is this place in France?

Loir et Cher

Haute-Marne

2/5

During the First World War, Paul is wounded and moved to a French city to recover. Where is it?

Chartres

Reims

3/5

At the end of WWI, Paul decided to leave in a neutral country with Louise, his wife. Where did they go?

Spain

Suzanne (in the middle) and Louise (on the right)

Switzerland

4/5

In 1922, they came back to Paris and Paul became one of the "queen" of the Bois. But which bois is it?

Bois de Boulogne

Bois de Vincennes

5/5

In 1928, Paul Grappe is shot twice in the head and taken to hospital where he dies. What hospital is it?

La Salpetriere

Saint Antoine

It is a woman

Clue 1

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TRUE OR NOT?

clue 2

Who is lying? Who is telling the truth?

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1/5

At the beginning of the First World War, Paul Grappe was on active service in the French army.

True

False

2/5

Officers suspected that Paul was willingly reopening his wounds to not return to the battle front.

True

False

3/5

Paul Grappe deserted in the first weeks of the war.

True

False

4/5

As a woman, Paul Grappe started working in a tailor's shop.

True

False

5/5

Louise and Suzanne/Paul came back in Paris because they realized that after all, they may look like two garçonnes, fashionable women flauting a masculine hairdo and wearing trousers.

False

True

There is a fine line between love and hate

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QUIZ

clue 3

Investigate in Paris after the First World War.

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1/5

What is the name of Paul Grappe when he is a dressed as a woman?

Suzanne Landgard

Simone Beauregard

Louise Grappe

2/5

What is the expression used to describe the atmosphere of Paris at the end of the First World War?

"Golden Age"

"Glorious Thirty"

"Crazy Years"

3/5

When did the French government decide an amnesty for deserters?

1925

1928

1924

4/5

What happened to Paul when he officially told his story of a "transvestite deserter"?

He gained a little popularity

He became an actor

He was put in jail

5/5

Even if he was married to Louise, Paul gradually became...

Gay

Bisexual

Lesbian

The murderer was a close relative of the victim

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COMPENDIUM

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Try to understand the complex identity of Paul Grappe.

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1/6

In 1925, Paul and Louise became...

divorced

parents

2/6

As their couple had troubles, Paul asked his wife to take a lover.

True

False

3/6

This man is Maurice Garçon. Who is he?

Louise's lover

Paul's lover

Louise's lawyer

4/6

Which actor played the role of Paul Grappe in André Téchiné's film?

Pierre Deladonchamps

Jérémie Renier

5/6

Louise and Paul's child was placed in foster care.

True

False

6/6

Which political party mobilized to defend Paul and his wife after they officially told the story of Paul's desertion?

The Socialist Party

The Communist Party

The Republican Party

Her initials are LG

Clue 4

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Write the name of the murderer (with capital letters)

Sources from Europeana Collections

Paris, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2022

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First World War wounded soldiers: group portrait: two lying in hospital beds; the remaining standing. Photograph, 1914/1918. - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY.https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200579/e4vk7cp4 Ur album: Utländska Resan 1890. Vattenfall i parken Bois de Boulogne, Paris. by Okänd - Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology, Sweden - Public Domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/916118/S_TEK_photo_TEKA0157846 Le Roy dans sa callèche accompagné des dames dans le bois de Vincennes : [estampe] by Bonnart, Robert (1652-1733). Graveur - National Library of France, France - No Copyright - Other Known Legal Restrictions. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200518/ark__12148_btv1b6945349s Hopital trousseau F.bg S.t Antoine 110 : fondé en 1669 par la Reine Marie-Thérèse : [photographie] / [Atget] by Atget, Eugène (1857-1927). Photographe - National Library of France, France - No Copyright - Other Known Legal Restrictions. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200518/ark__12148_btv1b105177726

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Sources from Europeana Collections

Paris, MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2022

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G. Guillain and P. Mathieu, La Salpetriere; 1925 - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY.https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200579/hxmjjwkh WWI: Pushvillers, France: wounded soldiers on a trolley - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200579/dpvx3j5a Kánkán a Budapest Táncpalotában by Bauer Sándor, fényképész - 1958 - Fortepan, Hungary - CC BY-SA. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/2048128/679663 The Amnesty - Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Universitätsbibliothek, Germany - Public Domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/206/item_ROROUUYFQFIOKB5MEBARG4HQKHSVKO7Z The day before the divorce by Israëls, Jozef (1824-1911) - 1903 - Jewish Historical Museum, Netherlands - Public Domain. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/270/resource_document_jhm_museum_M013133 Advert for the National Children's Home and Orphange. - Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom - CC BY.https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/9200579/mtjj6kyb

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