French National Railway (SNCF) records

Identifier
irn45528
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2012.4
  • RG-43.149
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn45528

Extent and Medium

13,695 digital files (Ca. 600,000 images), PDF

Creator(s)

  • Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)

Archival History

Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans

Acquisition

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in Jan. 2012.

Scope and Content

Contains the wartime records of the French National Railway (SNCF). The records relate to relations with the German and Allied authorities, wartime operation of the company, statutory texts produced and decisions made by the Board of Directors between 1939-1945. The records contains minutes, meeting notes, agendas of the Board of Directors, company annual reports, correspondence of the Secretariat of the Board of Directors, and Executive Committee records. Includes also military records relating to mobilisation of staff, prisoners of war, secondment to the Deutsche Reichsbahn, demarcation of the border between France and Germany, and liberation of the Territoire de Belfort.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans

Corporate Bodies

  • Deutsche Reichsbahn (Germany)

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France--Registers.
  • Railroads and state--France--History--20th century.
  • Railroads--France--Employees.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.

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.

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