Nazi Paris

The History of an Occupation, 1940-1944
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84545-786-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 388 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mitchell, Allan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Deutsche Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Besondere Kriege und Kampagnen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Tables

Introduction

PART I: TAKING OVER (JUNE 1940 - JUNE 1941)

Chapter 1. Law and Order

Chapter 2. Rules and Regulations

Chapter 3. Economy and Armament

Chapter 4. Culture and Propaganda

Chapter 5. Germans and Jews

PART II: CRACKING DOWN (JUNE 1941 - NOVEMBER 1942)

Chapter 6. The Hostage Crisis

Chapter 7. A Dangerous Place

Chapter 8. Strict Controls and Stringent Quotas

Chapter 9. A Lost Battle

Chapter 10. Eichmann in Paris

PHOTOS

PART III: HOLDING ON (NOVEMBER 1942 - JUNE 1944)

Chapter 11. A Turn of Fortune

Chapter 12. A Police State

Chapter 13. A Deep Contradiction

Chapter 14. A Waning Hope

Chapter 15. A Wretched Conclusion

PART IV: PULLING OUT (JUNE - AUGUST 1944)

Chapter 16. The Twilight Weeks

Epilogue: The Long Handshake

Appendix: Classified French Police Files at the Archives Nationales in Paris

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Name Index

Subject Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mitchell, Allan
Allan Mitchell (1933-2016) received his PhD from Harvard in 1961 and then taught at Smith College (1961-1972) and the University of California (1973-1993). He was the author of The Great Train Race: Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914 (Berghahn Books, 2006); Rêves Parisiens. L’échec de projets de transport public en France aux XIXe siècle (Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, 2005); and A Stranger in Paris: Germany’s Role in Republican France, 1870-1940 (Berghahn Books, 2006).

Allan Mitchell (1933-2016) received his PhD from Harvard in 1961 and then taught at Smith College (1961-1972) and the University of California (1973-1993). He was the author of The Great Train Race: Railways and the Franco-German Rivalry, 1815-1914 (Berghahn Books, 2006); Rêves Parisiens. L’échec de projets de transport public en France aux XIXe siècle (Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, 2005); and A Stranger in Paris: Germany’s Role in Republican France, 1870-1940 (Berghahn Books, 2006).