Commissariat général aux questions juives (AJ 38)

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0282 | RG Number: RG-43.023M

Overview

Description: This collection contains records relating to the operations of the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives (CGQJ), established by the Vichy government of France in March 1941. The CGQJ was responsible for defining Jewish status; inventorying Jews and their possessions prior to property Aryanization; excluding Jews from the French economy; implementing anti-Jewish laws and regulations; and arresting, interning, and deporting foreign and French Jews. Included are a variety of documents relating to the CGQJ’s operations during the German occupation, as well as records form the Ministre des Finances (1940–1944), which worked in tandem with the CGQJ during the war years. This material does not contain all the files in the original French collection, nor does it duplicate the collection RG-43.024M. Published finding aid available in library reference collection, DS135 .F83 I59 1998.
Date: 1940-1947
bulk: 1940-1944
Credit Line: Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Language: French
Extent: 324 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
119 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Organized into seven series: I. Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives et Service de Restitution des Biens Spoliée. II. Ministère des Finances : service d'épuration et de liquidation des dommages de guerre : fichier des biens juifs et leurs administration provisoires, 1940-1944. III. Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives. Tête de Séries, échantillons, diverses régions, biens revendiqués et non revendiqués. IV. Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives. Direction Régionale de Nice. V. Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives. Direction Régionale de Lyon. VI. Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives. Direction Régionale de Clermont-Ferrand. VII. Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives. Direction Régionale de Marseille

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 document microfilmed shall be distributed on the Internet, World Wide Web or any other computer network accessible to the public without the express prior agreement of the Directorate of the French National Archives. Any commercial use of the reproduction of microfilmed documents require prior written consent of the Directorate of the French National Archives, and pay a fee for such use.
Copyright Holder: Archives nationales (France)

Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France. World War, 1939-1945--France. Jewish property--France--History--Sources. Confiscations--France--History--Sources. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-) Executive departments.
Geographic Name: France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. France--Politics and government--1940-1945. France
Corporate Name: France. Commissariat-General for Jewish Affairs

Holder of Originals: Archives nationales (France)
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: From the Commissariat Général aux Question Juives (AJ 38) records at the Archives Nationales France. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the microfilms piecemeal, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division from 1997 to 1999.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
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