Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Alpes-Maritimes. 1933-1972

Identifier
irn38668
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2009.202
  • RG-43.115M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1972
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

128,205 digital images, JPEG

31 microfilm reels, 16 mm

15 microfilm reels, 35 mm

21 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Departmental Archives of the Alpes-Maritimes, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in November 2009.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in November 2009, and accretion in Nov. 2019.

Scope and Content

Contains records directly linked to the war: internments for administrative or “political” reasons; purges; surveillance of political parties; freemasons (“Sociétés Secrètes) and the press; food distribution and rationing; non-Jewish laborers requisitioned to work in Germany (“STO”); military affairs; prisoners; refugees; supervision of real estate transactions; sequestered property; affairs related to German or Italian occupation; war damages; veterans’ affairs; judicial matters and lawsuits; as well as the Armistice Commission. Also contains material indirectly related to the war: public health sector; police prefecture authority over foreigners; departments dealing with hospitals and government employees (“fonctionnaires”); the department of agriculture; public education; and court records. Additional materials accreted in 2019 consist of 02MI 0366/30 (Original call number 3U/2/1157) related to judicial affairs from 1933. The archival regulations changed in France in 2008, the delay before the documents became publicly accessible was reduced to 75 years.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes

Subjects

Genre

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.