Maurice Papon ( ; September 3 , 1910 -- February 17 , 2007 ) was a French civil servant , leading the police in major prefectures and in Paris during the Nazi Occupation of France and into the 1960s .
Maurice Papon ( September 3 , 1910 - February 17 , 2007 ) was a French civil servant . He led the police in major prefectures and in Paris during the Nazi Occupation of France and into the 1960s .