French Section of the International League Against Racism and Antisemitism, Paris Section française de la ligue internationale contre le racisme et antisémitisme, Paris (Fond 43)
Extent and Medium
41 microfilm reels (partial), 16 mm
88,945 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme
Biographical History
The International League against Racism and Antisemitism (La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (LICA) was founded in 1928 in Paris by Bernard Lecache and Pierre Parf. LICA is one of the oldest antiracism associations in the world. In 1934, its members numbered 8-10,000, and in 1938, 32,000. LICRA was the organization that took the most radical positions with regard to French and German antisemitism. Its representatives engaged street clashes with anti-Semitic groups and boycotted firms that did businesses with the Nazi Germany. LICA rejected the “policy of silence” practiced by the Consistory and other leading Jewish organizations. Beside individual members, the league included 60 institutional members; political parties, unions, and other organization that participated in its activities.
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 43. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2000, and accretion in 2001. Note: Original records transferred to France in 2000, and currently they are located at the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine, Paris.
Scope and Content
Contains documents of the French Section's executive committee including meeting minutes; directives; congress and conference materials; correspondence with regional branches of the Section, state institutions, members, and other organizations; personal and group files; name lists of Section members; applications for membership; information about the work of the subcommittees, the boycott of German goods, a union of Jewish organizations, a youth committee, a young women's society, the editorial office of the Section newspaper Droit de vivre, the repression of Jews in France and elsewhere; reports, newspaper clippings, leaflets, posters, brochures, and other printed matter; magazine copies; and copies of other publications. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
Fond 43 (1881-1940). Opis 1-3, Dela 1648. Arranged in three series: 1. Executive Bureau of League Central Committee (Files 1-551). Commissions and committees of League Central Committee (Files 552-1271). Information about repressions against Jews, antisemitic propaganda and condition of Jews in France and other countries (Files 1272-1425) [Opis 1, 1881-1940] ; 2. Executive Bureau of League Central Committee (File 1-11). Commissions and committees of League Central Committee (File 12-21). Information about condition of Jews in France and other countries (Files 22-28) [Opis 2, 1934-1940] ; 3. Executive Bureau of League Central Committee (File 1-42); Commissions and committees of League Central Committee (File 43-48); Printed literature (File 49-67) [Opis 3, 1920-1940]. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels #238-279; Reel 238-278: reel start-Reel end; Reel 279: Reel start-Image #1455.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme
Corporate Bodies
- League of Nations
- International League against Racism and Antisemitism
- Hias-Ica Emigration Association
Subjects
- Jewish organizations--France--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--Europe--History--20th century.
- France--Politics and government--20th century.
- Diplomatic and consular service, French--North Africa.
- France--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Zionism--France--History--20th century.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
- Antisemitism--France--History--20th century.
- Jews--Persecution--Europe--History--20th century.
Genre
- Letters.
- Pamphlets.
- Minutes.
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Document
- Registers.
- Leaflets.
- Reports.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Financial records.
- Questionnaires.
- Brochures.
- Circulars.
- Bulletins.