Sleuth Report: Two Addresses on Avenue Foch and the Evidence at Epstein’s Paris Apartment
Greg Conners’s essay on Avenue Foch places two disturbing histories on the same Paris boulevard. German security police used 84 Avenue Foch to interrogate and torture Resistance members during the occupation. Decades later, Jeffrey Epstein maintained an apartment at 22 Avenue Foch. The shared street makes for a striking comparison. The records behind each address tell two distinct stories.
Key Takeaways
The wartime address is documented. A French military museum identifies 84 Avenue Foch as the site of Section IV of the German security police and a place where captured agents were tortured. It places the organization’s broader headquarters at 72 Avenue Foch. Google Arts & Culture
Epstein’s stake is documented. His trust identifies second floor and fifth floor units, plus basement cellars, at 22 Avenue Foch. It says his French company SCI JEP owned the units and he owned 999 of its 1,000 shares. epstein-data.com
The French search is documented. A French prosecutorial request says officers searched 22 Avenue Foch on September 23, 2019. It describes seized computers, storage media, photographs, videos and a spreadsheet listing 62 women. A name on a list alone does not establish victimization or an offense. epstein-data.com
The comparison has a limit. Neither the address nor the architecture establishes a connection between the Nazi occupation and Epstein. The relevant Epstein questions concern the people, records and alleged abuse associated with his Paris residence.
What Happened at 84 Avenue Foch?
During the German occupation of Paris, the Sipo SD operated from several buildings on Avenue Foch. The Musée de l’Armée’s description of an artifact recovered at number 84 identifies that address as Section IV’s premises and a site of torture. The museum places the Sipo SD headquarters at number 72. This distinction matters when describing which office occupied which building.
The Ordre de la Libération’s biography of Pierre Brossolette gives a human account of number 84. German officers took the Resistance leader there in March 1944. He was tortured, refused to speak and died after jumping from a fifth floor window on March 22. The building’s wartime use is established by historical records. The phrase “Hitler’s street” is Conners’s framing; it does not mean Hitler lived at either address. ordredelaliberation.fr
Conners also describes radio deception, captured Allied agents and neighboring requisitioned buildings. Those episodes belong to the history of the occupation. They should be evaluated on their own documentary record, separate from the Epstein case.
What Do the Epstein Records Establish at 22 Avenue Foch?
Epstein’s trust document, EFTA01266359, lists specific units on the second and fifth floors of 22 Avenue Foch and two basement cellars. It says SCI JEP owned them and that Epstein held 999 of the company’s 1,000 shares. This is direct evidence of his interest in the property. See also the EpsteinWiki guide to 22 Avenue Foch for the broader Paris record.
Le Monde’s investigation of Epstein’s Paris residence reports that he began renting the second floor in 2001 and bought it later for €3.5 million. The main apartment covered more than 700 square meters, with two additional units on the fifth floor. These findings call for care with the essay’s claim that he bought an 800 square meter apartment in 2001 for about $3.2 million. The established account distinguishes the initial rental from the later purchase and the main apartment from the additional units. lemonde.fr
The residence served several purposes. Le Monde describes social and business meetings, guests, staff and a massage room. A visit to the apartment does not, by itself, imply that a guest knew about abuse or committed a crime. For the documented relationship between Epstein and French modeling agent Jean Luc Brunel, see EpsteinWiki’s Brunel profile.
What Did French Investigators Find?
A French request for United States legal assistance, EFTA00077200, records that the Paris prosecutor opened a preliminary investigation in August 2019 concerning alleged sexual offenses involving French victims. It states that officers searched Epstein’s residence at 22 Avenue Foch on September 23, 2019.
The request describes computers, storage media and photographs seized during the search. It says investigators found videos dated between 2011 and 2015 and a spreadsheet with 62 women’s names. This is a prosecutor’s account of material gathered in an investigation, not a finding that every person named was harmed or that every allegation was proved. The document is nevertheless a strong reason to examine the underlying evidence, its dates and the circumstances in which it was created. epstein-data.com
Le Monde reports that a former model told French police Epstein had raped and sexually assaulted her in the apartment in 2008. The newspaper also describes statements from household employees about young women coming to the residence for massages. These are reported testimony and allegations. They give the apartment a concrete investigative significance beyond its value or appearance. lemonde.fr
In February 2026, Paris prosecutors opened two new Epstein related investigations, one concerning possible sexual abuse crimes and the other financial wrongdoing. Their opening is a step in an investigation, not a verdict. French authorities called for potential victims to come forward. apnews.com
What Does the Shared Street Actually Show?
Conners’s central insight is about how imposing private buildings can keep their occupants’ activities out of public view. His description of privacy, status and limited outside scrutiny offers a way to think about both histories. It is an interpretation of the setting, not proof that architectural design caused either set of abuses.
The institutions and events were different. Number 84 was used by an occupying security apparatus that tortured Resistance prisoners. Number 22 was Epstein’s private residence, later searched during an investigation into alleged sexual abuse. There is no documented operational link between those histories. The comparison is useful only if it leads readers back to the specific people, records and unanswered questions at each address.
For the Epstein investigation, the strongest trail runs through property ownership, police evidence, witness accounts and the French prosecutorial record. Those records establish why 22 Avenue Foch matters without relying on the notoriety of another building on the boulevard.
Questions the Evidence Still Raises
What do the seized devices and the spreadsheet reveal when read with their full context and dates? Which witness accounts can be corroborated by travel, staffing and building records? Who arranged visits to the apartment, and what did each person actually know? What findings will the renewed French investigations make public?
These questions call for evidence tied to 22 Avenue Foch and to the people involved. Proximity on a map is a starting point for an essay, not a substitute for that work.
Sources
- Greg Conners, “Hitler to Epstein: Paris’ Street of Horrors”.
- Musée de l’Armée, artifact and history of 84 Avenue Foch.
- Ordre de la Libération, Pierre Brossolette biography.
- Epstein trust, EFTA01266359, on epstein-data.com.
- French prosecutorial assistance request, EFTA00077200, on epstein-data.com.
- Le Monde, “Jeffrey Epstein’s Parisian lives”.
- Associated Press, Paris prosecutors’ February 2026 investigations.
- EpsteinWiki, 22 Avenue Foch: Jeffrey Epstein’s Paris Apartment.
- EpsteinWiki, Jean Luc Brunel.