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French National Railway (SNCF) records

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2012.4 | RG Number: RG-43.149

Overview

Description: Contains the wartime records of the French National Railway (SNCF). The records relate to relations with the German and Allied authorities, wartime operation of the company, statutory texts produced and decisions made by the Board of Directors between 1939-1945. The records contains minutes, meeting notes, agendas of the Board of Directors, company annual reports, correspondence of the Secretariat of the Board of Directors, and Executive Committee records. Includes also military records relating to mobilisation of staff, prisoners of war, secondment to the Deutsche Reichsbahn, demarcation of the border between France and Germany, and liberation of the Territoire de Belfort.
Date: inclusive: 1939-1945
Collection Creator: Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)

Physical Details

Language: French English
Genre/Form: Correspondence. Minutes. Photograph albums. Reports.
Extent: 13,695 digital files (Ca. 600,000 images) : PDF ; 287 GB.
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: Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Railroads and state--France--History--20th century. Railroads--France--Employees. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France--Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
Corporate Name: Deutsche Reichsbahn (Germany)

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in Jan. 2012.

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