Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Indre
Extent and Medium
6,233 digital images, JPEG
4 microfilm reels, 16 mm
3 photocopies, PDF
Archival History
Archives départementales de l’Indre
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales de l’Indre via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in May 2010.
Scope and Content
Contains records from local offices including the Prefect’s office and the Police Department dealing with foreigners, the “Jewish question”, the demarcation line between the occupied and unoccupied zones, and refugees, including those from Alsace-Lorraine. Documents from the sub-prefecture of La Châtre (3 Z) are also included, as well as the “Internernent Administratif” section dealing with the camps of Pellevoisin and Douadic. Also contains information on an OSE-created clandestine center to place Jewish children in non-Jewish families in the “chef-lieu, Châteauroux,” lists of arrests and executions by the German, reports, information on the internment center Laernusse and on individual internees, and information on several work brigades or “Groupement de Travailleurs Etrangers” in the camp of Montgivray near La Châtre.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de l’Indre
Subjects
- Forced labor--France.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de l’Indre
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de l'Indre grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Indre". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.