Thefollowingisanexcerpt,takenfromtherecollectionsofanAmerican-bornParisian,aboutwhathesawonedayinParisin1944.
'OnedaywhenIwashurryingalongabridgeacrosstheSeine,twoyoungFrenchmenwalkedquicklypastme.TheywerefollowingaNaziofficerinfrontofthem.Astheypassedme,theysaidsomethingtomewhichsoundedlike,"Nowyou'llseehowwedoit."
'BeforeIknewwhatwashappening,oneofthemhadstuckaknifebetweentheshoulderbladesoftheNaziofficer,andbeforetheNazicouldhitthepavement,theotherhadhimbytheseatofhispantsandhadhurledhimintotheSeine.Iandtheotherspectatorsonthebridgethatafternoonranasfastaswecouldtogetoutoftheneighbourhood,notevendaringtolookback."
以下記載,出自一位美國出生巴黎市民的回憶錄,敍述一九四四年有一天他在巴黎的見聞。
「有一天,我正匆匆在塞恩河一座橋上走,兩個年輕法國人快步走過我身邊,跟着前面一個納粹軍官。他們走過時,對我說了句這樣的話:『看看我們的手段。』
「我還未知道會發生什麼事,就看見其中一人朝那軍官肩胛骨之間一刀插過去;那軍官還未倒地,另一人已抓住他褲子後襠,把他拋進河裏。我和那天下午橋上的其他目擊者一樣,都盡快跑離現場一帶,連回頭望望都不敢。」