Union générale des israélites de France records

Identifier
irn507371
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.A.0385
  • RG-43.005M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn507371

Extent and Medium

105 microfilm reels,

Archival History

Yivo Institute for Jewish Research

Acquisition

Union géńeralé des Israélites de France created the records from 1941 to 1944. They were transferred to Yivo Institute for Jewish Research in the years following World War II. Processing of the orginal records lasted from 1944 until 1957 and received the YIVO record group number 210. Yivo microfilmed the collection from 1988 to 1990. The Archives acquired a copy of the film in 1996.

Scope and Content

Contains information about the establishment of the Union générale des Israélites de France (UGIF) and its work in the Northern and Southern zones of occupied France; work of the Comité de coordination; work of the president and secretariat; Jewish census in France; aid for camp internees; UGIF finance and administration; liaisons with police departments; employees of UGIF; homes for the aged; care of children and orphans; UGIF social services; education and sports; medical welfare; food services and agriculture; the Commissariat général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ); Jewish war veterans and former prisoners of war; "detention camps" in France; and antisemitism and anti-Jewish legislation in Vichy France.

System of Arrangement

Organized into the following series: 1. The Establishment of UGIF and general materials; 2. Group 1 in the Northern Zone; 3. Group 2 in the Northern Zone; 4. Group 3 in the Northern Zone; 5. Group 4 in the Northern Zone; 6. Group 5 in the Northern Zone; 7. Group 6 in the Northern Zone; 8. Group 7 in the Northern Zone; 9. Materials from the Southern Zone; 10. Miscellaneous materials from both zones

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Yivo Institute for Jewish Research

Corporate Bodies

  • France. Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs
  • Union générale des israélites de France

Subjects

  • Jewish children--France.
  • Jews--Education--France.
  • Jewish orphans--France.
  • Prisoners of war.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France.
  • Jews--Sports.
  • Jews--France.
  • Social service--France.
  • Jewish leadership--France.
  • Jews--Census.
  • Concentration camps--France.
  • Jewish veterans--France.
  • Jewish councils--France.
  • Food service--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • Agriculture--France.
  • Medical social work--France.
  • Jewish aged--France.

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.

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