Overview
- Description
- Contains documents pertaining to the systematic persecution of Jews in the Hérault, the creation and operation of internment camps for foreigners at Agde, Ceilhes-et-Rocozolos, and Olargues; documents pertaining to foreigners, particularly Spaniards; the dissolution of secret societies, notably the Freemasons; name lists of laborers, including Jews employed by the Ministry of Labor; documents concerning forced labor of North Africans, foreigners, and Jews; roundups and arrests of Jews with expropriation of their property and Aryanization of their businesses; information on the Cambous children’s home at Viols-en-Laval; information regarding the Exodus; and documents from the University Law Faculty concerning Jewish professors and students.
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1958
- Collection Creator
- Archives départementales de l’Hérault
Physical Details
- Extent
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41,779 digital images : JPEG ; 26.9 GB.
8 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
7 CD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in..
1 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in..
33 pages of photocopies.
- System of Arrangement
- Arrangement is thematic.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- No duplication of microfilm reels without the written permission of the Departmental Archives of the Hérault.
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Freemasonry--France--History. World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jewish property--France.
- Geographic Name
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--Politics and government--1940-1945. Vichy (France)--Politics and government.
- Corporate Name
- Exodus 1947 (Ship)
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archives départementales de l’Hérault
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Departmental Archives of the Hérault, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in August 2008.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:51:50
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn35834
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- Terms of Use
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