Selected records from the Departmental Archives of Lot-et-Garrone
Extent and Medium
10,560 digital images, JPEG
12 microfilm reels, 35 mm
14 CD-ROMs,
Archival History
Archives départementales du Lot-et-Garonne
Acquisition
The Archives of the Archives départementales du Lot-et-Garonne is the owner and holder of originals. This is a cooperative project. The acquisition was paid by the Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in November 2009.
Scope and Content
Contains records from various divisions of the Prefect’s Office, particularly the bureau of the police dealing with foreigners, the tax office, and the division of the police “Renseignements généraux” devoted to internment camps. Includes pre-war records on resident aliens in France, including internees; foreigners of various nationalities; wartime arrests; repressive practices of the Vichy government; regulations, proclamations, instructions and the like; many lists of Jews residing in department of the Lot-et-Garonne and the Gironde containing much biographical data; information on convoys of Jews being sent to various internment camps; surveillance of Jews; work brigades containing Jews; confiscation of Jewish property; post-war correspondence regarding the same and other topics.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales du Lot-et-Garonne
Subjects
- Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France--History--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--France.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales du Lot-et-Garonne
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de Lot-et-Garonne grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Lot-et-Garonne". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.