Plaque Wording: Villa Colette In 1940 as the Germans were entering Paris, the Casals family thought to leave France. They left Prades for Bordeaux in order to catch a boat to take them to the USA, but the boat was bombed by the Germans. On returning to Prades they went to live with the Salètes family and from 1942 in the Villa Colette (until May 1948) with Madame Capdevila and the Alavedra family.