Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Hérault

Identifier
irn35834
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2008.101
  • RG-43.103M
Dates
1 Jan 1936 - 31 Dec 1958
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35834

Extent and Medium

41,779 digital images, JPEG

8 microfilm reels, 16 mm

7 CD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

1 DVD-ROM, 4 3/4 in.

33 pages of photocopies,

Creator(s)

  • Vivienne Miguet

Archival History

Archives départementales de l’Hérault

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Departmental Archives of the Hérault, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in August 2008.

Scope and Content

Contains documents pertaining to the systematic persecution of Jews in the Hérault, the creation and operation of internment camps for foreigners at Agde, Ceilhes-et-Rocozolos, and Olargues; documents pertaining to foreigners, particularly Spaniards; the dissolution of secret societies, notably the Freemasons; name lists of laborers, including Jews employed by the Ministry of Labor; documents concerning forced labor of North Africans, foreigners, and Jews; roundups and arrests of Jews with expropriation of their property and Aryanization of their businesses; information on the Cambous children’s home at Viols-en-Laval; information regarding the Exodus; and documents from the University Law Faculty concerning Jewish professors and students.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Corporate Bodies

  • Exodus 1947 (Ship)

Subjects

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

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 l'Hérault

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de l’Hérault

  • Archives départementales de l'Hérault

    USHMM hold copies from the Archives départementales de l'Hérault grouped under "Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Hérault". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.