August 20, 1944 (Jiashen July two days), the the Nazi arrest Petain. In August 1944, the leader of the collaborationist Vichy government in France, former Verdun savior Henry - Philippa - Petain marshal, was arrested by German SS, then transferred to Germany now way.

According to reports, the Marshal resolutely refused to leave Vichy Nazi SS uniforms Petain's private security guards. When he defendant has become a prisoner of Petain said: "You may want to dispose of me, but I would never leave the city. "
, But the Germans issued an ultimatum to either wants to leave the city, otherwise they will be the city blew up. Petain, changed his mind after a discussion with his advisers. Petain is the way to go to Wiesbaden, Germany. There have been ready for him an apartment.