[Groupement des expulsés de la Moselle I]

The file contains various printed and typewritten documents related to the Groupement des expulsés de la Moselle (GEM) founded by Henri Chavet and Henri Navel in 1940 as an organization for the people expelled from the French Moselle region following the German occupation. The first document is a printed document on the organization's history, on its purpose, on its activities, and on its statutes published by the organization. Furthermore, the file contains several typewritten reports provided by French students and employees who witnessed on the impact of the German Nazi occupation in the French regions of Alsace and Lorraine. The file also contains a letter to the Maréchal Philippe Pétain, the Chief of State of Vichy France, in which Henri Chavet and Henri Navel provide documentation on the fate of the people of the Moselle region under German rule.