Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Marne
Extent and Medium
11,054 digital images, JPEG
20 microfilm reels, 35 mm
4 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
2 digital images of posters, PDF
Creator(s)
- François Petrazoller
Archival History
Archives départementales de la Haute-Marne
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Marne (Archives Départementales de la Haute-Marne). The records are from the Prefect's Office, Special Departments for Jewish Questions (998 W), Secret Societies (1382 W), Justice (6 U), the Police (367 W), and Veterans' Affairs (392 W). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Marne, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project on 3 October 2008.
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents concerning the Centre de rassemblement de Langres (Center for grouping together “enemy aliens” at Langres during the “drôle de guerre” 1939-1940); internment camp at the Fort of Peigney, for Roma; Camp de Chalons; and Camp de Germaines. Also included is the transfer of Roma from Peigney to Arc-en-Senans (Doubs), and when that was closed, to Jargeau (Loiret). It also contains documents from a Special Department concerning Jewish Questions including: census, special inquiries, mandatory wearing of the Jewish star, the Group of Foreign Workers (GTE), Aryanization of Jewish property, court judgments concerning sequestered property, and investigations of freemasons.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de la Haute-Marne
Subjects
- Jews--France--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
- Jews--France--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Detention of persons--France.
- Romanies--France.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- Nomads--France.
- Concentration camp inmates.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- Fascism--France.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de la Haute-Marne
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de la Haute-Marne grouped under "Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Marne". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.