WW2 German Requisition Of French Goods From The Town Of Arras Group

For sale is a WW2 German Requisition Of French Goods From The Town Of Arras Document Group. 

During German occupation of France during World War Two, the German army was able to requisition French goods, such as raw materials, food, and industrial equipment. This resulted in food shortages, malnutrition, and the destruction of French industry. Requisitions of French household Property by Kreiskommandantur (district command) of Arras in Northern France. Art and Antiques were not the only goods looted by the German Military Administration of occupied France between 1940-1944. Systematic requisitioning as part of the Reduction of German occupied territory was ubiquitous. Requisitioning of household goods of the most basic kind from the local French population supplied the German military with even basic home comforts and included furniture, beds, crockery, linen, even simple tea towels furnished army accomodation and officers' masses. This folder of original documents relating to the Requisition of goods and bomb damaged properties from local private individuals and businesses records. There is also an interesting mourning card to a French man who died whilst working in the Rouvroy-Mines on the 15 of April 1941. This is a very interesting grouping of documents with lots of potential research to be done. 

Some examples below included in this group;

12th of April 1942- dish clothes & dish towels.

31st July 1940- mattresses & bed frames 

1940- mattresses, beds, brooms &

Furniture. 

26th May 1942- kitchen cabinet, towel racks, bedspreads, mirrored cabinets, tables, bath matts. 

1942- table sheets 4 meters.

3rd of February 1942- cabinets 

There are over 60 pieces of ephemera relating to the requisition of French goods from table cloths, chairs, wardrobes, tables, towel racks, mattresses, armchairs. A huge range of goods. 

 This will be sent via Royal Mail special delivery and dispatched within two working days.