Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Pyrénées-Orientales

Identifier
irn512187
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.286
  • RG-43.036M
Dates
1 Jan 1908 - 31 Dec 1976
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512187

Extent and Medium

19 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

13 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

digital images,

Archival History

Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales

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.

From the Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees), France. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program in Aug. 2002.

Scope and Content

Collection includes records from sources including the departmental committee on the liberation of the region; and the cabinet of the prefecture and the sub-prefecture at Prades. Topics include internment camps; the Rivesaltes military and internment camps; the fortress at Perpignan; correspondence, denunciations, and dossiers on individuals; international brigades returning from Spain; Spanish refugees; staff of internment camps; Polish refugees in France; arrests and detentions; Jewish internees at Rivesaltes; and other internees.

System of Arrangement

Organized in order of selected records from series W: 26W, 31W, 38W, 39W, 41W, 68W, 109W, 134W, 1260W, 1287W, 1787W. Arrangement is thematic and alphabetical.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Registers.
  • Medical records.
  • Le Barcarés (France)
  • Saint-Cyprien (France)
  • Vernet (France)
  • Prisoners of war--France.
  • D'Argelés-sur-Mer (France)
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.

Genre

  • Registers.
  • 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 des Pyrénées-Orientales

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales

  • Archives départementales des Pyrénées-Orientales

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