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Selected documents and photos from the private collection of Raoul Cohen-Addad

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.63 | RG Number: RG-43.126M

Overview

Description: This collection comprises the records of Raoul Cohen-Addad (1916-2003), an Algerian-born Jew. Conscripted into the French army in 1939, he worked with the resistance to liberate Algeria in 1942. He was then deported to a forced labor camp under the Vichy regime. The collection includes personal and family papers, photos, documents pertaining to the judicial procedures Cohen-Addad instigated in an attempt to receive reparations for damage to his career, documents concerning the association of former North African resistance fighters from 1947-1949, the activities of the “Association of French Liberation of November 8, 1942” from 1943 to 2003, as well as documentation, press clippings, and various other materials dating from 1940 to 1944.
Date: inclusive: 1914-2003

Physical Details

Language: French English Arabic
Extent: 5,452 digital images : JPEG ; 4.21 GB.
2 microfilm reel ; 16 mm.
1 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
2 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: Fair use only.
Copyright Holder: Institut d’histoire du temps présent

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Algeria. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Algeria.
Geographic Name: Algeria--History--1830-1962. Algeria--Politics and government.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Institut d’histoire du temps présent
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: These documents belonged to Raoul Cohen-Addad and were donated to the Institut d’histoire du temps présent (IHTP) in late 2007 by one of his daughters, Dr. Nicole Cohen-Addad. Dr. Cohen-Addad insisted that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the CDJC and Yad Vashem be allowed to have copies.

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