Selected documents from the Departmental Archives of the Indre

Contains records from local offices including the Prefect’s office and the Police Department dealing with foreigners, the “Jewish question”, the demarcation line between the occupied and unoccupied zones, and refugees, including those from Alsace-Lorraine. Documents from the sub-prefecture of La Châtre (3 Z) are also included, as well as the “Internernent Administratif” section dealing with the camps of Pellevoisin and Douadic. Also contains information on an OSE-created clandestine center to place Jewish children in non-Jewish families in the “chef-lieu, Châteauroux,” lists of arrests and executions by the German, reports, information on the internment center Laernusse and on individual internees, and information on several work brigades or “Groupement de Travailleurs Etrangers” in the camp of Montgivray near La Châtre.

Arrangement is thematic.