Selected records from North African colonies

Identifier
irn516561
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.36
  • RG-43.062M
Dates
1 Jan 1848 - 31 Dec 1962, 1 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1947
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516561

Extent and Medium

44,704 digital images, JPEG

22 microfilm reels, 16 mm

Archival History

Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer

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.

These documents, which have diverse origins, were repatriated when Algeria gained its independence in 1962. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Programs Division in Feb. 2005 and accretion in Feb. 2017.

Scope and Content

This collection contains documents pertaining to the treatment of Jews in French North Africa, particularly in Algeria, and the expropriation of their property by Vichy officials. Topics include the "Jewish question," antisemitism, the establishment of camps, refugees from Spain and/or from the International Brigades, the local Jewish community in Algeria, Jews from France, and the commune of Ain Temouchent. Also included are police reports on the general condition of Jews in Algeria, correspondence concerning the 1941-1942 census of the Jewish population; the famous pogrom of Constantine in August 1934, news of which spread throughout the Arab and inspired similar violence all over North Africa and the Middle East; Jewish affairs under several Governor Generals, and materials related to weapons control for Jewish property owners who felt unprotected by the French police and military who often stood by and let the Arab population pillage and attack Jews.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer

Corporate Bodies

  • Vichy Regime

Subjects

  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Algeria.
  • Algeria--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Algeria--Registers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Algeria.
  • Algeria--History--Sources.
  • France--Colonies--Administration--History--20th century.
  • Jewish property--Algeria.
  • Algeria--Politics and government.
  • Jews--Algeria--History--20th century.

Genre

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.

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