Zionist and other Jewish organizations in France (Fond 186)
Extent and Medium
2 microfilm reels (partial), 16 mm
1,810 digital images, JPEG
Archival History
Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 186. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2000. Note: The original records transferred to France in 2000, and currently located in the library and archives of the Alliance israélite universelle, Paris.
Scope and Content
Correspondence and reports of various organizations including the Western European International Zionist Youth Bureau, the Committee for the Defense of Rights of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe, the French Zionist Youth Federation, the Jewish Colonization Association, and other organizations. The records relate to administrative and financial matters, policy matters, antisemitism, and the situation of Jews in various countries. Includes also minutes of sessions of the international bureau of the Zionist Youth of Western Europe, the Committee for the Defense of the Rights of Jews in Central and Eastern Europe, the Association of Polish Jewish Veterans of the War in France, and the Central Association of Sephardic Jews; lists of Jewish organization and lists of members; questionnaires of Jewish emigrants from Hungary; financial documents of JCA, the Federation of Jewish Communities of France; informal bulletins, pamphlets and leaflets, and copies of newspapers. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
Fond 186 (1891-1940). Opis 1; Delo 1-23 (1930-1940); Opis 2, Delo 1-454 (1898-1940). Arranged in four series: 1. Records of the Jewish Colonization Association; 2. Records of the Federation of Zionist Youth, OSE society, Association of Sephardic Jews, Israel Children Youth, and other organizations; 3. Reports, minutes, financial documents, correspondence of the Jewish Colonization Association; 4. Reports and correspondence of the Hashomer Hatzair and other organizations. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels # 222, 223; Reel 221: Image #1346-Reel end; Reel 222: Reel start-Image #787.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- Sikorski, Wladyslaw, 1881-1943.
Corporate Bodies
- Quakers
- World Hashomer Hatzair
- League of Nations
- Union O.S.E.
- Jewish Colonization Association
Subjects
- France--Politics and government--20th century.
- Zionism--France--History--20th century.
- Jewish organizations--France--History--20th century.
- Sephardim--France--History--20th century.
- Jews--France--Societies and clubs.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- Zionists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- France--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Zionism--Associations, institutions, etc.
- Jews--Persecution--Europe--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Europe--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--France--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
- Financial records.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Questionnaires.
- Registers.
- Bulletins.
- Minutes.
- Leaflets.
- Pamphlets.
- Reports.