Départmental Archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône records

Identifier
irn512191
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.126
  • RG-43.038M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1943
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512191

Extent and Medium

29 microfilm reels, 16 mm

Archival History

Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

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 Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, 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, and accretion of eight microfilm reels in March 2013.

Scope and Content

Selected records from the Prefect's office, the regional court, and the police relating to the internment camps of Les Milles and Saliers, Jewish affairs, and the Departmental Committee of Liberation. Includes documents from the Sous-Préfecture of Arles and Aix-en-Provenance, fonds Giraud, and German publications. The accretion of 8 microfilm reels (Reels #22-29) contain records relating to judicial affairs and administrative personnel files under a 75 (justice) and 100-year reserve law: Criminal Court Proceedings, Regional Court of Justice in Marseille, Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence. The Fonds Giraud are notes taken by the correspondant for the Comité d’histoire de la 2ème guerre mondiale (the predecessor of the Institut d’histoire du temps present).These files are retained and require a special permission for access from the original Archives.

System of Arrangement

Organization is thematic. Microfilm reels #22-29 contains files: 11 Mi/3, 11Mi/4, 11Mi5, 11 Mi/6, 11Mi/9, 11Mi/15, 11Mi/16, 11/Mi20.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French--Registers.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • France--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
  • Prisoners of war--France.
  • Police--France--History--20th century.
  • Aix-en-Provence (France)--History.
  • Jews--France--Registers.

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 Bouches-du-Rhône

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

  • Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône

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

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