Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Loire-Atlantique
Extent and Medium
9 microfilm reels, 16 mm
2 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique
Acquisition
From the Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project Division in Jan. 2004.
Scope and Content
Consists of a variety of files pertaining to the civil administration of the Loire-Atlantique, a department in France, together with documents related to the administration of the camps housed there, anti-Jewish legislation, and documents related to the assassination of Lt. Col. Hotz (Feldkommandant of Nantes) and subsequent German reprisals.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique
Subjects
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--Loire-Atlantique.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France--Loire-Atlantique.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France--Loire-Atlantique.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--France--Loire-Atlantique.
- Romanies--France--Loire-Atlantique.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de la Loire-Atlantique grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Loire-Atlantique". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.