Nazi Paris The History of an Occupation, 1940-1944 [Paperback]

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 Wehrmachts 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.

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