Overview
- Description
- This collection contains records from the Prefect’s Office, under headings “Foreigners”, “Jews”, “War Damages” and “Internment and Shelter”. It includes local objections to use of the thermal bath resort of Chaudes-Aigues as an internment site for Jews (under house arrest), correspondence concerning foreign Jewish refugees, Jews’ response to a call to work at Organisation Todt construction sites, and reports on war crimes committed during the war, including those concerning Jews.
- Date
-
inclusive:
1938-1947
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Extent
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6,204 digital images : JPEG ; 9.14 GB.
13 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
3 DVD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in..
- 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
- Authorization from the Director of the Archives of the Cantal required to duplicate microfilm reels for other archives. No publication of materials on the Internet, World Wide Web, or similar network without the permission of the Director of the Archives of the Cantal.
- Copyright Holder
- Archives départementales du Cantal
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--France. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France. Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
- Geographic Name
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Archives départementales du Cantal
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales du Cantal via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in November 2009.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 17:50:51
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn38215
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