When we think of Casino magnates, we might think of Sheldon Adelson, Steve Wynn or Sol Kerzner, yet the first true casino magnate was likely the American Frank Jay Gould, who built his casinos in Juans-les-Pins and Nice among other places. France had declared gambling legal in 1907 and Gould joined in the excitement to compete with Monte Carlo. He …
The Klarsfelds
This is the former home of the Klarsfelds (the most successful Nazi hunters in history) which they occupied in Nice on the 30th of September 1943 when the Gestapo, just after midnight, placed its light projectors against the building’s facade and began to systematically search the apartments for Jews they knew were inside. The Germans came to take them away. …