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Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Belfort Territory

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.66 | RG Number: RG-43.129M

Overview

Description: Contains documents pertaining to the expropriation of Jewish property in The Belfort Territory during the war and restitution and indemnification issues after the war. Also contains the diary of Henriette Bloch, a Jewish school teacher whose son, Julien, was captured as the Bloch family attempted to escape into the Jura.
Date: inclusive: 1933-1965
Credit Line: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Departmental Archives of the Belfort Territory, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in May 2010.

Physical Details

Language: French German
Extent: 25,433 digital images : JPEG ; 13.8 GB.
5 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
4 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 Departmental Archives of the Belfort Territory 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 Departmental Archives of the Belfort Territory.
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales du Territoire de Belfort

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
Geographic Name: France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Archives départementales du Territoire de Belfort
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales du Territoire de Belfort, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in May 2010.

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