Selected papers of Oscar Plisnier

Identifier
irn43027
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.37
  • RG-65.020M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1946
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • Flemish
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43027

Extent and Medium

10,477 digital images, JPEG

18 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Oscar Plisnier

Biographical History

Oscar Plisnier was the head of the Committee of Secretary-generals (Comité des secrétaires généraux)

Archival History

Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium), collected as a part of the Oscar Plisnier paper. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the National Archives of Belgium via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in Jan 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains records of Oscar Plisnier, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance and a head of the Committee of Secretary-generals (Comité des secrétaires généraux) which was the highest representation of the Belgian administration under German occupation. Includes minutes of the Comité des secrétaires généraux meetings concerning the position and persecution of Jews. Records relate mainly to action on behalf of political prisoners and Jews, layoff of Jewish officers, retribution of Jewish officers, protest against the arrest of Belgian Jews by the occupying power, and actions against Jews,.

System of Arrangement

Main files organization: File 32, Action on behalf of political prisoners and Jews, 1940-1944; File 50, Political prisoners, 1942; File 256, Layoff of Jewish officers, 1941; File 260, Retribution of Jewish officers, 1940-1942; File 274, Jews: protest against the arrest of Belgian Jews by the occupying power, 1943-1944; File 466, Actions against Jews, 1940-1942.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium)

People

  • Plisnier, Oscar.

Subjects

  • Exectuive deparments.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Belgium.
  • Political prisoners--Belgium.
  • Jewish soldiers--Belgium.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Belgium.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Belgium.
  • Belgium--Politics and government--1918-1945.
  • France

Genre

  • Document
  • Minutes.
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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