Overview
- Description
- The collection relates to the situation of the Jews in France during German occupation. The collection pertains number of subjects including: anti-Jewish legislation enacted by the Vichy regime, general situation of the Jews in France, deportations, situation in the internment and concentration camps, religious, cultural and everyday life in the camps, the resistance movement, protests against anti-Jewish persecution, clandestine press, legal press, identification cards including the production of false identification documents as part of the resistance movement.
- Date
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inclusive:
1936-1954
bulk: 1939-1945
Physical Details
- Genre/Form
- Badges. Bills. Census. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Ephemera. Haggadah. Invitations. Postcards. Registers. Reports. Statistics.
- Extent
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3,906 digital images : JPEG ; 11.7 GB.
3 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- System of Arrangement
- Arranged in 11 series: 1. Anti-Jewish Legislation and Propaganda (Folder 1.1- 9); 2. Reports and correspondence on general situation of Jews in France and on deportations in various localities (Folder 10- 27.2); 3. Correspondence with Internees in Camp La Lande and Pithiviers. Dec. 1941-Sep.1942 (Folder 28.1- 28.22). Correspondence is organized alphabetically; 4. Cultural, Religious and Everyday Life in the Camps (Folder 29.1-Folder 31); 5. Deportations and Evacuations of Jews in Various Localities (Folder 32-37); Series 6: Protests, Resistance Activities, Clandestine Press (Folder 39.1-60); 7: Legal Press (Folder 61-66); 8: Organizations (Folder 67-76); 9: Identification Cards and other Personal Documents (Folder 77.1-81); 10: German Military Activities in France Folder 82- 84); 11. Miscellaneous (Folder 85). The various series may have overlapping subject matter.
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
- For scholarly use only, no reproduction without permission. Files shall not be copied or shared in any way with another individual or institution. Information on these files of a personal or confidential nature shall not be shared with third parties, neither through hard copy printouts nor by making copied files. For permission to reproduce documents write to the Chief Archivist, YIVO Archives at: reference@yivo.org.
- Copyright Holder
- Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War War, 1939-1945--Refugees--France. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France. Deportation--France--History--20th century--Registers. Jews--Nazi persecution--France--History--20th centry. Underground press publications--France--History--20th century. Judaism--Liturgy--Texts. Jews--Liturgy and ritual--Hagadah. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France. Jewish communities (ushmm) Charity -- Associations, institutions, etc.
- Geographic Name
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945. Besançon (France) Bordeaux (France) Bourges (France) Drancy (France) Gers (France) Gurs (France) Le Vernet (France) Marseille (France) Montauban-de-Bretagne (France)--Church history. Nice (France) Obernai (France) Paris (France) Pithiviers (France) Pithiviers (France) Rivesaltes (France) Saint-Amand-Montrond (France : Canton) Sedan (France) Vichy (France) France.
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
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Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Source of acquisition is the Yivo Institute for Jewish Research (YIVO), RG-116, France II. Records are of mixed provenance and consist of miscellaneous and fragmentary documents donated by individuals and organizations. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from YIVO via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Dec. 2014.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 09:40:29
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