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Territorial collection on France, Holocaust period (RG-116, France II)

Document | Accession Number: 2014.337 | RG Number: RG-67.044M

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
inclusive:  1936-1954
bulk:  1939-1945
Language
French
Yiddish
Hebrew
Russian
German
English
Genre/Form
Badges.
Bills.
Census.
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Correspondence.
Ephemera.
Haggadah.
Invitations.
Postcards.
Registers.
Reports.
Statistics.
Extent
3,906 digital images : JPEG ; 11.7 GB.
3 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.

About This Document

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.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
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.

Rights and 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. Films shall not be copied or shared in any way with another individual or institution. Information on these films of a personal or confidential nature shall not be shared with third parties, neither through hard copy printouts nor by making copy films. For permission to reproduce documents write to the Chief Archivist, YIVO Archives at: archives@yivo.cjh.org.

Copyright Holder
Yivo Institute for Jewish Research
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 17:55:05
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