Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Charente-Maritime

Identifier
irn35833
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.100
  • RG-43.102M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1952
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35833

Extent and Medium

digital images, JPEG

58 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Benoît Jullien

Archival History

Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in October 2008.

Scope and Content

Contains a variety of documents pertaining to the wartime experience in the Charente-Maritime including, but not limited to, the preservation of law and order, expropriation of Jewish property and businesses, suppression of Freemasonry, operation and placement of anti-aircraft batteries, operations of internment camps at La Palice and Saintes, German propaganda, resistance activities, refugees, civilian evacuations, war crimes, liberation, and the internment of Spanish, Jewish and Roma.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Subjects

  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France.
  • Police--France--Sources.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
  • Vichy (France)--Politics and government.
  • France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Jewish property--France.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.
  • Freemasonry--France--History.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime

  • Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime

    USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime grouped under "Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Charente-Maritime". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.