French National Railway (SNCF) records
Extent and Medium
13,695 digital files (Ca. 600,000 images), PDF
Creator(s)
- Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
Archival History
Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans
Acquisition
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives International Archives Project in Jan. 2012.
Scope and Content
Contains the wartime records of the French National Railway (SNCF). The records relate to relations with the German and Allied authorities, wartime operation of the company, statutory texts produced and decisions made by the Board of Directors between 1939-1945. The records contains minutes, meeting notes, agendas of the Board of Directors, company annual reports, correspondence of the Secretariat of the Board of Directors, and Executive Committee records. Includes also military records relating to mobilisation of staff, prisoners of war, secondment to the Deutsche Reichsbahn, demarcation of the border between France and Germany, and liberation of the Territoire de Belfort.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans
Corporate Bodies
- Deutsche Reichsbahn (Germany)
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from France--Registers.
- Railroads--France--Employees.
- Railroads and state--France--History--20th century.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Reports.
- Document
- Minutes.
- Photograph albums.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Centre for Historical Archives of the French National Railway grouped under "Selected records of the French National Railway SNCF". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.