Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Loire

Identifier
irn42492
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.11
  • RG-43.137M
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn42492

Extent and Medium

9,650 digital images, JPEG

9 microfilm reels, 35 mm

3 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Archival History

Archives départementales de la Haute-Loire

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales de la Haute-Loire via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in January 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains documents concerning the refugee centers in Chambon-sur-Lignon, run by La Cimade (Côteau-Fleuri) and La Maison-des-Roches. Daniel Trocmé, nephew of Pastor Trocmé and director of the latter, was sent to Buchenwald when a round-up occurred (see PV of his arrest). Also includes records from internment camps like Tence, records connected to Gurs on Noé, and police records relating to immigration, foreign workers in forced labor brigades, house arrests and surveillance of foreigners, round-ups, education and teachers.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de la Haute-Loire

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
  • Jews--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • Jewish refugees--France--Le Chambon-sur-Lignon.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--France.
  • Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France)--Ethnic relations.

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 Haute-Loire

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

  • Archives départementales de la Haute-Loire

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