Préfecture of Police in Paris records

Identifier
irn508549
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2001.84
  • RG-43.030M
Dates
1 Jan 1852 - 31 Dec 1962
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn508549

Extent and Medium

5,118 digital images, JPEG

30 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Archival History

Prefecture of Police of Paris

Acquisition

Records from Archives de la Préfecture de Police de Paris. Filming of the documents was completed by DPCi, Paris. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the film on 14 June 2001. Series BA was accreted to the collection on 14 April 2008.

Scope and Content

Contains administrative accounting files from Drancy (Comptes de Drancy, Préfecture Archives: boxes GB 1–16) recording money, jewelry, and other property confiscated from Jews entering the internment camp. The collection also includes various occupation-related materials (Préfecture Archives: BA Series) on topics such as German spies and agents; the assassination of German military personnel; sabotage; pacifists; the German occupation of Paris; cooperation between French and German police; press censorship; Jewish communities in France; measures against Jews; Drancy, Camp de Saint Denis, and other camps; lists of interned communists; the activities of Organisation Todt; Freemasonry in France; executions by German authorities; Léon Blum; and liberation. Also included are files related to art objects confiscated by German occupation authorities (Préfecture Archives PV Series).

System of Arrangement

Organized into four series: Series 1. Accounting records from the internment camp at Drancy; Series 2. The list of fine art objects seized by German authorities; Series 3. Records related to police operations during occupation; Series 4. Personal files for people under police surveillance.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Prefecture of Police of Paris

People

  • Blum, Léon, 1872-1950.

Corporate Bodies

  • Drancy (Internament camp)

Subjects

  • Paris (France)
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
  • Art thefts--France.
  • Art treasures in war--France.
  • Police--France--Sources.
  • Vichy (France)--Politics and government.
  • Jewish property--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Registers.
  • Art thieves--France.
  • France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
  • Police.

Genre

  • Document
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