Somebody with access to records in Paris c 1940?

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Maximilian Sachs, who had been Meyer Jacob Sachs when born in Lodz in 1871, committed suicide in France (probably Paris) in 1940, according to his widow's naturalization papers when she came to America with her son and two stepchildren. Maximilian's wife was Margareta / Greta Weiser Sachs. I'm also looking for members of the Krapivner family in Paris. Simon / Shimen Krapivner died in Russia in 1906 and his widow Haya / Alice Streltzoff Krapivner went to Paris with her children (I have only their Americanized names, Charles Mitchell Harry Sylvia and Albert). There was also a daughter Seme born in Paris after the death of her father. I think I've vacuumed up everything available on ancestry and need more specifically Paris based records. Any sightings appreciated!
in Genealogy Help by Jane Peppler G2G6 Mach 4 (42.9k points)

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Hello Jane!

Paris has its own archives website: https://archives.paris.fr/r/284/etat-civil-a-partir-de-1860/

Paris is divided into 20 arrondissements (districts), would you happen to know in which one the child was born? it was probably the same one the father died in, and that would help not having to check all 20 of them

by Léa Haupaix G2G6 Mach 9 (95.0k points)
I just checked all 20 for the year 1940 just in case and didn't find him. Either he died another year, or not in Paris.

Thank you! I just looked:

Semé Krapivner

Birth 25 JAN 1908 • Dixième Arrondissement De Paris, France

Thank you, you were so kind to look. I don't read French so am lost in this attempt to find them.
I'm sure my post was very confusing. These are two different families, the Maximilian Sachs who died in 1940 and the Krapivners were not related.
Thanks! Do you see any other mentions of Krapivners? I did find this birth certificate (which helpfully says the father is dead) at Ancestry, but their French records are somewhat scanty. xox
No I'm sorry :(

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