Politieke Recherche Afdeling (Political Detective Agency)
De Politieke Recherche Afdeling hield zich bezig met het opsporen van politieke delinquenten.
The Politieke Recherche Afdeling (PRA; Political Detective Agency ) was engaged in tracking down political offenders. In the first period just after liberation, this was done by the Politieke Opsporingsdienst (POD; Political Investigation Service). In March 1946 the PRA took over that responsibility.[1]
The Amsterdam PRA was located in the Hirsch building on Leidseplein. In July 1947, Johannes Kleiman wrote to the director mr. J.P. Engels informing him of the raid on the Prinsengracht 263 building on August 4, 1944, and asking him to take up the matter 'one more time'.[2] The PRA made an official report against warehouseman Willem van Maaren.[3]
On January 1, 1948, the PRA became part of the Metropolitan Police. During its existence, the service compiled 47,000 files in Amsterdam.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ Jan Kompagnie (eindred.), De oorlogsgids. Met antwoorden op de 25 meest gestelde vragen over de oorlogsarchieven van het Nationaal Archief, Den Haag: Nationaal Archief, 2005, p. 175-176; Wikipedia: Politieke Recherche Afdeling.
- ^ Nationaal Archief (NL-HaNA), Den Haag, Centraal Archief Bijzondere Rechtspleging (CABR), inv. nr. 23892: Johannes Kleiman aan Politieke Recherche Afdelng Amsterdam, 16 juli 1947.
- ^ NL-HaNA, CABR, inv. nr. 23892.
- ^ "Geen 'politieke recherche' meer", De Telegraaf, 3 november 1949.