Selected papers of Oscar Plisnier

Copyright Holder: Archives générales du Royaume (Belgium) Contains records of Oscar Plisnier, Secretary General of the Ministry of Finance and a head of the Committee of Secretary-generals (Comité des secrétaires généraux) which was the highest representation of the Belgian administration under German occupation. Includes minutes of the Comité des secrétaires généraux meetings concerning the position and persecution of Jews. Records relate mainly to action on behalf of political prisoners and Jews, layoff of Jewish officers, retribution of Jewish officers, protest against the arrest of Belgian Jews by the occupying power, and actions against Jews,. Oscar Plisnier was the head of the Committee of Secretary-generals (Comité des secrétaires généraux)