Fonds BArch, RW 36 - Military Commander Belgium-Northern France (inventory)

520 Aufbewahrungseinheiten; 11,3 laufende Meter

Militärbefehlshaber Belgien-Nordfrankreich, 1940-1944

History of the Inventor: On 1.6.1940, the military commander Belgium-Northern France was established for Belgium and for the French departments Nord and Pas de Calais. He was under the direct authority of the commander-in-chief of the army and exercised executive authority in the territories under his authority. In July 1944, the staff of the military commander was transformed into that of a Wehrmacht commander. At the same time, a Reich Commissioner for the occupied territories of Belgium and northern France was appointed for the civilian sector. Description: On 1 June 1940, for Belgium and the French departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais, the military commander Belgium-Northern France was appointed (with the exception of the territories of Eupen, Malmedy and Moresnet, which had been assigned to the Empire by the decree of the Führer). The head of the civil administration of Luxembourg was subordinate to the military commander only from 21 July to August 1940. The military administration covered an area of 30 506 square kilometres with 8.3 million inhabitants in Belgium and 12 355 square kilometres with 3.2 million inhabitants in northern France. In July 1944, the staff of the military commander was transformed into that of a Wehrmacht commander, while at the same time a Reich Commissioner was appointed for the civilian sector for the occupied territories of Belgium and northern France. The main tasks of the military administration were 1. the collection and use of the economic potential of the occupied territory, 2. the procurement of the necessary needs of the military, and 3. the establishment of organs for the maintenance of the public safety and order of the country, in particular in the interest of the Wehrmacht and its connection to the units in Germany, as well as the defense against enemy landing attempts and coastal protection. In order to carry out these tasks with the least possible means, it made sense to set up a pure supervisory administration in the occupied territory, i.e. not to administer the territory itself while maintaining the local administrative organs as far as possible, but only to exercise supervisory control by means of military administration, which, however, was only practicable for as long as Germany did not attempt to intervene in internal Belgian and - as far as the administration was responsible - French conditions in a changing manner. In order to maintain economic life in the interest of its use for the German war economy and to maintain public safety and order in the sense of relieving the German military forces as far as possible, the German military administration therefore had to make concessions to the existing conditions. Characterisation of content: In the existing written material, the reports of the subordinate supreme field commandantures document processes of daily life in occupied Belgium. The detailed weekly, monthly and annual reports, which are preserved in the extensive files of the military administration, provide a comprehensive picture of the economic situation from June 1940 to August 1944, as well as documents on the treatment of King Leopold III, the repatriation of Belgian art treasures from southern France, the fight against the resistance movement, and the establishment, organisation and operation of the Walloon and Flemish security services. The finding aid is subject to the following structure: 1. family tree 2. command staff military commander in Belgium and Northern France 2.1. abbot Ia (leadership department) 2.1.2. organisation and territorial administration 2.1.3. daily reports and situation reports 2.1.4. Political affairs 2.1.5. Military security of occupied territories 2.1.6. Telephone directories 2.1.7. Foreign associations 2.1.8. Division Ia/Stopi (pioneering) 2.1.9. Division Ia/Terr. 2.1.10. Division Ia/Gabo (gas defence service) 2.1.11. Division Ia/Mil.Geo. (Military Geography) 2.2. Dept. IIa (Personnel Matters) 2.3. Dept. Z 2.4. Higher Field Gendarmerie Officer 2.5. Senior Quartermaster Division Belgium/Northern France 2.5.1. O.Qu./Abt. Ia/Org. (Organization) 2.5.2. O.Qu./Abt. IVa (Intendant) 2.5.3 O.Qu./Abt. IVb (Chief Medical Officer) 2.5.4. O.Qu./Abt. IVc (Veterinary) 2.5.5. O.Qu./Department Quartermaster 1 2.5.6. O.Qu./Department Quartermaster 2 and 3 2.5.7. O.Qu./Field Staff 2.6. Transport Officer 2.7. Higher Intelligence Officer 2.8. Head of Secret Field Police 3. Military Administration Staff 3.1. Chief of Military Administration Staff 3.1.1. Activity Reports 3.1.2. Final Reports 3.1.3. Miscellaneous 3.2. Head of the Presidential Office 3.2.1. Personal details 3.2.2. Organisation of the staff 3.3. Head of the Administrative Department 3.3.1. Welfare 3.3.2. Press and radio 3.3.3 Justice and justice 3.3.3.1 Organisation 3.3.3.2 Activity reports 3.3.3.3 Administrative matters 3.3.3.4 International law and reprisals 3.3.3.5. Belgian legislation, legal assistance and administration 3.3.3.6. Criminal matters 3.3.3.7. Police measures 3.3.4. Art protection 3.3.5. Water management 3.4. Head of the economic department 3.4.1. Reports 3.4.2. Statistics 3.4.3. Seizures 3.4.4. Industrial economy 3.4.5. Foreign trade, payments and foreign exchange 3.4.6. Economic transport requirements 3.4.7. Forestry and timber 3.4.8. Petroleum 3.4.9. Stones and earths 3.4.10. Mining 3.4.11. Banking, money and credit 4. Services of the military commander Belgium/Northern France 4.1. Representative for material recording State of development: Findbuch Scope, explanation: 450 AU Citation method: BArch, RW 36/...

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Fremde Archive: <br />
Nationalarchiv Paris (Bestand AJ 40), Departementalarchiv Lille.
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Verwandtes Archivgut im Bundesarchiv: <br />
RH 20-15 Armeeoberkommando 15<br />
RH 24-82 und 89 LXXXII. und LXXXIX. Armeeoberkommando<br />
RH 34 und 36 Kommandanturen<br />
RW 18 Wehrmachtverkehrs- und Transportdienststellen<br />
RW 25 Rüstungsdienststellen in Belgien<br />
RM 45-IV Dienst- und Kommandostellen der Kriegsmarine in Belgien und Frankreich<br />
R 70 - Deutsche Polizeidienststellen in Belgien und Frankreich (im BA, Abt. R)<br />
National Archiv Paris (Bestand AJ 40)<br />
Departementalarchiv Lille
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Amtliche Druckschriften: <br />
RWD 20
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Literatur: <br />
Guides to German Records Microfilmed at Alexandria/Va. Washington 1958ff<br />
Wagner, Wilfried: Belgien und die deutschen Politik während des Zweiten Weltkrieges, Boppard 1974<br />
Weber, Wolfram: Die innere Sicherheit im besetzten Belgien und Nordfrankreich 1940-1944. Düsseldorf 1978<br />
Schumann, Wolfgang und Nestler, Ludwig (Hrsg.): Europa unterm Hakenkreuz - Dokumentenedition - . Belgien, Luxemburg und den Niederlande (1940-1944). Berlin 1990<br />
Martens, Stefan: Frankreich und Belgien unter deutscher Besatzung. Stuttgart 2002<br />
Archives Nationales: La france et la Belgique sous l´occupation allemande 1940-1944. Paris 2002<br />
Eismann, Gael: Hotel Majestic. Ordre et securite en France occupee 1940-1944. Paris 2010.<br />
Löhnig, Martin/Brahy, Sylvie: Hüterin der "politischen Struktur des Landes" ; zur Rolle der Justiz im besetzten Belgien 1940 - 1944 (Zeitschrift für neuere Rechtsgeschichte ; 34 (2012), S. 246 - 262 ).

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