Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Ardèche
Extent and Medium
14,766 digital images, JPEG
4 microfilm reels, 16 mm
2 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in..
1 CD-ROM, 4 3/4 in..
Archival History
Archives départementales de l’Ardèche
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales de l’Ardèche, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2009.
Scope and Content
Contains documents concerning the creation of “centers” and camps to intern foreigners at thermal springs and/or tourist sites in the department (Vals-les-Bains et Chomérac); statistics concerning the presence of foreigners, name lists by country, and lists of groups of organized forced labor (GTE); all aspects of the persecution of Jews under German occupation including lists of Jews living in the département, foreign and French Jews living under house arrest, Aryanization of property with those named to take over Jewish businesses, and offers to purchase Jewish belongings (real and personal); police and gendarmerie reports; lists of Jews rounded-up on certain dates and sent to Drancy; the exclusion of Jews from the medical profession; and post-war restitution of property.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de l’Ardèche
Subjects
- Forced labor.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
- World War, 1939-1945--France.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de l’Ardèche
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de l'Ardèche grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of Ardèche". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description