officers appeared in his office telling him they have orders from their commander, heinrich himmler. to take the famous medieval bayeux tapestry that was being stored in the louvre museum back to berlin. coltus told them, well, the resistance has occupied the louvre museum. you are welcome to go and get it. not surprisingly, the tapestry did not leave the louvre museum. more seriously though was an order from hitler. reiterating his last man defense directive. at that point, coltus put in a call to his commanding officer's headquarters and over the telephone he outlined what he was going to do should the allies make it to paris. the destruction of the arc de triomphe, the opera house, where napoleon is buried, notre dame cathedral, the matalin church. the river bridges. of course, coltus said we'll fell the eiffel tower and the twisted steel will prevent allies from moving through the city. in truth, he had no intention of doing any such thing. knowing that the phone lines were probably tapped by the gestapo he was being very careful in what he said. coltus recognized and acknowledge