Selected records from the Consistoire Central, Union des Communautes Juives de France
Extent and Medium
8 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Consistoire Central, Union des Communautes Juives de France
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Consistoire Central via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Programs Division in January 2006.
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents pertaining to Jews in France before, during, and after World War II, including information on the French rabbinate, deportations from France, French concentration camps and deportation centers, the expropriation of Jewish property, postwar restitution, and the operations of the Union Générale des Israélites de France (UGIF).
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Consistoire Central, Union des Communautes Juives de France
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
- Detention of persons--France.
- Jews--Persecutions--France.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Economic aspects--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
- Aryanization--France.
- Jews--France--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Consistoire Central, Union des Communautes Juives de France