Selected records of the Archives of the Jewish community of Strasbourg
Extent and Medium
52 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Archival History
Les Archives du Consistoire Israélite du Bas-Rhin
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Consistoire Israélite du Bas-Rhin.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
The collection includes protocols of meetings, general correspondence, reports, administrative files, correspondence of the general secretaries, correspondence with rabbis, members, lists of members, documents related to the readmission of new members, religious life and education, wartime refugees, the cemetery, the temple, the slaughter house, construction of memorials and synagogues, compensation for Alsace-Lorraine, financial reports, insurance, budgets, aid for small Jewish communities, partnerships with synagogues in the United States, activities, holidays, a letter to Philippe Pétain, the census of Jews, events, and correspondence with the World Jewish Congress and with the National Socialist French Party.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Les Archives du Consistoire Israélite du Bas-Rhin
Corporate Bodies
- World Jewish Congress
Subjects
- Jews--France--Strasbourg--History--20th century.
- Refugees, Jewish--France--Strasbourg.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- Synagogues--France--Strasbourg.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Jewish cemeteries--France--Strasbourg.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Les Archives du Consistoire Israélite du Bas-Rhin