Fonds BArch, RH 31-VII - German General of the Commander-in-Chief West in Vichy (inventory)

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Deutscher General des Oberbefehlshabers West in Vichy, 1942-1944

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/...

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Fremde Archive: <br />
Archives nationales Paris (Bestand Militärverwaltung AJ 40)
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Verwandtes Archivgut im Bundesarchiv: <br />
RH 19-I, -II, -III, -IV und -XIII Heeresgruppen A, B, C, D/Oberbefehlshaber West und H<br />
RH 20-1, -7, -19 Armeeoberkommandos 1, 7, und 19<br />
RH 34 und 36 Kommandanturen<br />
RW 18 Wehrmachtverkehrs- und Transportdienststellen<br />
RW 24 Rüstungsdienststellen in Frankreich<br />
RW 34 Waffenstillstandskommission<br />
RW 35 Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich<br />
RM 45-IV Dienst- und Kommandostellen der Kriegsmarine in Belgien und Frankreich<br />
MSg 1/2386 Erinnerungen von Generalleutnant Freiherr Neubronn von Eisenburg<br />
R 70-Belgien Polizeidienststellen in Belgien (Bundesarchiv, Abteilung R )<br />
R 70-Frankreich Polizeidienststellen in Frankreich (Bundesarchiv, Abteilung R )<br />
Archives nationales Paris (Bestand Militärverwaltung AJ 40)
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Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria/Va. Washington 1958ff., Bde. 4, 18, 38 und 57<br />
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Martens, Stefan (Hrsg.): Frankreich und Belgien unter Deutscher Besatzung 1940 bis 1944. Die Bestände des Bundesarchiv-Militärarchivs Freiburg. Stuttgart 2002<br />
Meyer, Ahlrich: Die deutsche Besatzung in Frankreich 1940-1944. Widerstandbekämpfung und Judenverfolgung. Darmstadt 2000<br />
Overy, Richard: Otto, Gerhard und Houwink ten Cate, Johannes (Hrsg.): Die „Neuordnung" Europas. NS-Wirtschaftspolitik in den besetzten Gebieten. Berlin 1997<br />
Benz, Wolfgang; Otto, Gerhard und Houwink ten Cate, Johannes: Die Bürokratie der Okkupation. Stukturen der Herrschaft und Verwaltung im besetzten Europa. Berlin 1998<br />
Rémond, René: Frankreich im 20. Jahrhundert, 1918 bis 1958 (Band 6 aus der Reihe: Geschichte Frankreichs). Stuttgart 1994<br />
Schumann, Wolfgang und Nestler, Ludwig (Hrsg.): Europa unterm Hakenkreuz - Dokumentenedition - Frankreich (1940-1944). Berlin 1990<br />
Tewes, Ludger: Frankreich in der Besatzungszeit. 1940-1943. Die Sicht deutscher Augenzeugen. Bonn 1999<br />
Umbreit, Hans: Der Militärbefehlshaber in Frankreich 1940 bis 1944. Boppard 1968

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