Overview
- Description
- This collection contains documents pertaining to the treatment of Jews in French North Africa, particularly in Algeria, and the expropriation of their property by Vichy officials. Topics include the "Jewish question," antisemitism, the establishment of camps, refugees from Spain and/or from the International Brigades, the local Jewish community in Algeria, Jews from France, and the commune of Ain Temouchent. Also included are police reports on the general condition of Jews in Algeria, correspondence concerning the 1941-1942 census of the Jewish population; the famous pogrom of Constantine in August 1934, news of which spread throughout the Arab and inspired similar violence all over North Africa and the Middle East; Jewish affairs under several Governor Generals, and materials related to weapons control for Jewish property owners who felt unprotected by the French police and military who often stood by and let the Arab population pillage and attack Jews.
- Date
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inclusive:
1848-1962
bulk: 1934-1947
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- French
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Reports. Census.
- Extent
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44,704 digital images : JPEG ; 97.7 GB .
22 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.
- 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
- No publication of documents on the World Wide Web, Internet, etc., or reproduction of microfilm reels without the permission of the Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer.
- Copyright Holder
- Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Algeria. World War, 1939-1945--Algeria. Jewish property--Algeria. Jews--Algeria--History--20th century. Jews--Algeria--Registers.
- Geographic Name
- Algeria--History--Sources. Algeria--Ethnic relations. Algeria--Politics and government. France--Colonies--Administration--History--20th century.
- Corporate Name
- Vichy Regime
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- These documents, which have diverse origins, were repatriated when Algeria gained its independence in 1962. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives Nationales d'Outre-Mer via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Programs Division in Feb. 2005 and accretion in Feb. 2017.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-07 11:20:43
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516561
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