Préfecture of Police in Paris records

Préfecture of Police in Paris records 

Préfecture of Police in Paris records 

5,118 digital images, JPEG 30 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm 

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). 

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.