Collection of Maître Charles Haddad

Identifier
irn50123
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.13
  • RG-68.153M
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn50123

Extent and Medium

83,435 digital documents, TIFF

3,006 digital photographs, JPEG

88 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Charles Haddad de Paz

Biographical History

Charles Haddad de Paz was born in 1910, he studied at the Alliance Israélite Universelle school in Tunis and became a teacher there in 1928. He was also a lawyer and a member of the Chamber of Advocates. Haddad de Paz was very active in Jewish communal institutions from the late 1930s, was elected vice-president of the Jewish Community Council in 1947, and was its president from 1951 to 1958.

Archival History

Association Mondiale des Israélites de Tunisie

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Association Mondiale des Israélites de Tunisie (World Association of Tunisian Jews), Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in Feb. 2013.

Scope and Content

Contains the papers of Maître Charles Haddad de Paz, who was the last president of the Tunisian Jewish community. The collection consists of records related to activities of the Jewish communities in Tunisia, Marseille and Paris, France. Includes reports, newspaper clippings, correspondence with the Fédération séphardie de France, Association Israëlite Keter Thora, and other Jewish associations, also includes photographs.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in the four series: 1. Jewish communities in Tunisia (ca. 24 bound files); 2. Jewish communities in Marseille and Paris, France (ca. 51 bound files); 3. Newspaper clippings; 4. Photographs.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Association Mondiale des Israélites de Tunisie

People

  • Haddad de Paz, Charles.

Subjects

  • Marseille (France)--Ethnic relations.
  • Africa, North--Ethnic relations.
  • Tunisia--Ethnic relations.
  • Tunisia
  • Jews--France--History--20th century.
  • France
  • Sephardim--France--History--20th century.
  • Sephardim--Tunisia--History--20th century.
  • Paris (France)--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Charities.
  • Jews--Africa, North--History--20th century.
  • Jews--Tunisia--History--20th century.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Tunisia.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Europe--History--20th century.

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.