Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Charente-Maritime
Extent and Medium
digital images, JPEG
58 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Benoît Jullien
Archival History
Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in October 2008.
Scope and Content
Contains a variety of documents pertaining to the wartime experience in the Charente-Maritime including, but not limited to, the preservation of law and order, expropriation of Jewish property and businesses, suppression of Freemasonry, operation and placement of anti-aircraft batteries, operations of internment camps at La Palice and Saintes, German propaganda, resistance activities, refugees, civilian evacuations, war crimes, liberation, and the internment of Spanish, Jewish and Roma.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- Police--France--Sources.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
- Vichy (France)--Politics and government.
- France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
- Freemasonry--France--History.
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Collaborationists--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de la Charente-Maritime grouped under "Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Charente-Maritime". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.