Nazi Paris
Subtitle: the history of an occupation, 1940-1944
By: Allan Mitchell.
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9781845454517
Subjects: Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945
Description: "Basing his extensive research into hitherto unexploited archival documentation on both sides of the Rhine, Allan Mitchell has uncovered the inner workings of the German military regime from the Wehrmacht's triumphal entry into Paris in June 1940 to its ignominious withdrawal in August 1944. Although mindful of the French experience and the fundamental issue of collaboration, the author concentrates on the complex problems of occupying a foreign territory after a surprisingly swift conquest. By exploring in detail such topics as the regulation of public comportment, economic policy, forced labor, culture and propaganda, police activity, persecution and deportation of Jews, assassinations, executions, and torture, this study supersedes earlier attempts to investigate the German domination and exploitation of wartime France. In doing so, these findings provide an invaluable complement to the work of scholars who have viewed those dark years exclusively or mainly from the French perspective."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part one : Taking over (June 1940-June 1941).; title: Law and order; title: Rules and regulations; title: Economy and armament; title: Culture and propaganda; title: Germans and Jews; title: Part two : Cracking Down (June 1941-November 1942).; title: The hostage crisis; title: A dangerous place; title: Strict controls and stringent quotas; title: A lost battle; title: Eichmann in Paris; title: Part three : Holding on (November 1942-June 1944).; title: A turn of fortune; title: A police state; title: A deep contradiction; title: A waning hope; title: A wretched conclusion; title: Part four : Pulling out (June-August 1944).; title: The twilight weeks; title: Epilogue : The long handshake; title: Appendix : Classified French Police files at the Archives Nationales in Paris