Selected records from the Archives of the Département of the Creuse

Identifier
irn37059
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.36
  • RG-43.109M
Dates
1 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn37059

Extent and Medium

24,633 digital images, JPEG

5 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

1 microfilm reel (digitized), 35 mm

4 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

24 pages of photocopies,

Creator(s)

  • Joseph Schmauch

Archival History

Archives départementales de la Creuse

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Departmental Archives of the Creuse, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2009.

Scope and Content

Materials of the Cabinet du Préfet, the Service du Travail Obligatoire (office sending French workers to Germany), and summer camps for city children; documents on the surveillance and internment of foreigners, including prewar German, Austrian, and Polish political refugees; documentation of the activities of the French gendarmerie and of the 1943 deportations.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de la Creuse

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.

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 Creuse

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

  • Archives départementales de la Creuse

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