Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Loir-et-Cher
Extent and Medium
30,122 digital images, JPEG
8 microfilm reels, 16 mm
1 microfilm reels, 35 mm
5 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.
Archival History
Archives Départementales du Loir-et-Cher
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives Départementales du Loir-et-Cher via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2009.
Scope and Content
Files concerning the internment of enemy aliens (Germans and Austrians in the camps of Francillon, Marolles, Villerbon and Villemalard) from September 1939 until June, 1940; arrests and sentences by the Germans; register of foreigners listed by country; sequestering of property belonging to the enemy; Jewish affairs including lists of Jews and Jewish businesses; internments; a prison register to indicate that Jews were held there before being sent on to Drancy; and restitution of property. The sanatorium called “Les Pins” in the town of Lamotte-Beuvron was used to intern Jews during the war.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives Départementales du Loir-et-Cher
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives Départementales du Loir-et-Cher
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales du Loir-et-Cher grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Loir-et-Cher". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.