Inventory description: The sovereignty of the French government remained intact, with some restrictions, in the southern French territory not occupied by Germany after the German-French armistice of June 1940. Control organs of the German Armistice Commission (RW 34) supervised the disarmament of the French army and the registration or delivery of military equipment. The German mistrust of the French government under Marshal Pétain in Vichy led Hitler to instruct the Mayor of West France from the end of 1940 onwards to stand ready for an occupation of the rest of France at any time (company "Attila", later "Anton"). Until November 1942, however, when the Allied troops landed in French North Africa and the French government in Vichy and local authorities adopted at least an unclear stance, there was no reason for German troops to occupy southern France. During the occupation of Vichy on November 11, 1942, the "German General of the Commander-in-Chief West" took up his duties and was thus, as it were, liaison officer of the Lord Mayor West with the French Head of State Marshal Philippe Pétain. In cooperation with various civilian Reich authorities, he had to represent the German demands to the French government in the part of France which had remained unoccupied until then and to supervise their execution or implementation (see also the Instructions for the German General of the Lord Mayor West in Vichy in RH 31-VII/1). In September 1944 the office was closed. Lieutenant General Alexander Freiherr Neubronn von Eisenburg headed the office, having previously worked in the Armistice Commission and headed the Bourges Army Control Inspectorate. Characterisation of content: In addition to the War Diary No. 3 (21 October to 31 December 1943) and the activity report for the first quarter of 1944, only collective files have survived in which the following topics are reflected: Occupation of southern France, demobilisation, integration of members of the French army into the economy, site overviews, control and security of communications, notes and reports on meetings of Lieutenant-General Freiherr Neubronn v. Eisenburg with French members of government, border traffic, cooperation with the Armistice Commission, tasks and powers of the Higher SS and Police Commander, traffic with German police stations in Vichy, mood and situation reports, security and control measures, troop accommodation, events in Toulon, Records and stocks of the French transitional army, French labour service, seizures of state and private property by German authorities, applications for release, French penal and military institutions, arrests, petitions and applications for release of prisoners and release of buildings. State of Indexing: Findbuch Vorarchivische Ordnung: Archivische Bearbeitung The stock RH31-VII Deutscher General des Oberbefehlshabers West in Vichy was updated in 2011 and transferred to the database BASYS-S-2 according to the current indexing guidelines. The old signatures were also added to the database, making it possible to search for them. The documents - in particular the war diaries - were supplemented with notes on contents in order to depict special or important contents. Due to the loss of written records and the resulting gaps in their transmission between 1941 and 1945, the documents were not evaluated. The oversized maps and technical drawings were removed for conservation reasons and are now stored together in map folders under newly created signatures. Scope, explanation: 29 AE Citation method: BArch, RH 31-VII/...
History of the Inventory Designer: Established in Munich in 1934 to document the history of the NSDAP and its affiliated divisions as well as their forerunners in the Peoples' Movement by taking over the material collection of the Reichspropagandalleitung and the press archive of the NSDAP, which is also integrated there. As an information centre for all party and state departments, files of party organs and authorities were kept in addition to library stocks, journal and picture collections, as well as experience reports, private collections, written and printed material of dissolved and banned parties and organisations. In 1929 the NSDAP acquired the Rehse Collection as an archive for contemporary history and journalism. As a party office it was subordinated to the Reich Treasurer and existed independently of the main archive as an official party archive. Description of the holdings: Established in Munich in 1934 to document the history of the NSDAP and its affiliated divisions as well as their forerunners in the "Völkische Bewegung" by taking over the material collection of the Reichspropagandalleitung and the press archive of the NSDAP, which was also integrated there. As an information centre for all party and state departments, files of party organs and authorities were kept in addition to library stocks, journal and picture collections, as well as experience reports, private collections, written and printed material of dissolved and banned parties and organisations. In 1929 the NSDAP acquired the "Rehse Collection" as an archive for contemporary history and journalism. As a party office it was subordinated to the Reich Treasurer and existed independently of the main archive as a "party-official archive". Content characterization: Tasks of the main archive 1919-1943 (95), collection on persons of contemporary history 1891-1945 (248), Adolf Hitler personally 1914-1941 (121), questions of religion and race 1785-1943 (27), history and politics 1676-1944 (21), World War 1914-1940 (31), occupation of the western territories, of Gdansk and Upper Silesia after 1918 1918-1943 (9), council period 1918-1941 (16), Hitler Putsch in Munich 1919-1939 (19), foreign countries and Germans 1921-1944 (69), elections and votes 1919-1936 (53), authorities and institutions of the Reich and the NSDAP 1918-1941 (60), Reichswehr und Wehrmacht 1920-1943 (5), State Surveillance of the NSDAP 1920-1938 (51), Trials against the NSDAP and its members 1921-1937 (26), Reichstage and Demonstrations of the NSDAP 1923-1939 (109), Structures of the NSDAP 1922-1944 (121), Territorial structure of the NSDAP 1919-1943 (273), press, radio and film 1922-1944 (251), political parties, trade unions and federations 1894-1944 (123), free corps, federations as well as inhabitant defences 1875-1943 (100), pamphlets 1891-1945 (95). State of development: Findbuch (2002) Online-Findbuch (2005) NSDAP Hauptarchiv. Guide to the Hoover Institution Microfilm Collection, compiled by Grete Heinz and Agnes F. Peterson, Hoover Institution Bibliographical Series XVII, Stanford 1964 Citation method: BArch, NS 26/...
History of the Inventory Designer: The "Pariser Tageszeitung" was an exile newspaper founded on 11 June 1936 and published in Paris from 12 June 1936 to 8 February 1940. The publication of the newspaper was stopped with the German occupation of France. Its predecessor was published under the title "Pariser Tageblatt". Editor: Fritz Wolff Editor-in-Chief: 1936 - 1938 Georg Bernhard from 1938 Carl Misch Editor in charge: 1936 - 1938 Marcel Stroa from 1938 Jean Leclerc Processing note: Findbuch (1960), Online-Findbuch (2010) Inventory description: Inventory history The part of the Parisian daily newspaper stock that is handed down and recorded here in the Federal Archives comprises 614 volumes of files from the Central State Archives of the GDR. The inventory signature there was 61 Ta 1. With the transfer to the Federal Archives, the inventory signature was changed to R 8045. Archival evaluation and processing In the course of processing the inventory, a finding aid book was created in the Central State Archives, on the basis of which the present finding aid book on the BASYS-2b database was compiled. The existing classification was adopted, and series and tape sequences were created. During the inspection of the files some editorial and contentwise revisions were made at the data records already existing in BASYS-2b. There were no cassations or additions. Characterisation of content: main points of the tradition: Founding and financing of the journal, personnel matters, cash affairs, post books and mailing lists, general correspondence, litigation and personal matters, editorial correspondence, manuscripts by author, manuscripts of various authors, manuscripts without specification of author, other editorial documents, travel agency of the Paris daily newspaper, mailbox, advertising service, lists and lists of printing and distribution, correspondence with depositaries and other sales representatives, correspondence with subscribers, general emigration matters, newspapers, periodicals and newspaper clippings, indexed status: Online-Findbuch (2010) Citation method: BArch, R 8045/...