French Committee of the World Union Against Racism and Antisemitism, Paris Le Comité français du Rassemblement mondial contre le racisme et antisémitisme, Paris (Fond 97)
Extent and Medium
3 microfilm reels (partial), 16 mm
4,847 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme
Biographical History
The International League against Racism and Antisemitism was founded in 1928 in Paris by Bernard Lecache and Pierre Parf. LICA is one of the oldest antiracism associations in the world. In 1934, its members numbered 8-10,000, and in 1938, 32,000. LICRA was the organization that took the most radical positions with regard to French and German antisemitism. Its representatives engaged street clashes with anti-Semitic groups and boycotted firms that did businesses with the Nazi Germany. LICA rejected the “policy of silence” practiced by the Consistory and other leading Jewish organizations. Beside individual members, the league included 60 institutional members; political parties, unions, and other organization that participated in its activities.
Archival History
Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
Acquisition
Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Source of acquisition is the Russian State Military Archive (Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv), Osobyi Archive, Fond 97. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1993, and acccretion in 1999. Note: Original records transferred to France, and currently located at the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine, Paris.
Scope and Content
Contains a draft resolution and reports on the founding and structure of the World Union against Racism and Antisemitism, regulations to form committees of the union, circular letters, minutes of the meetings, 1937-1939, reports on the work of the Union’s French committee, list of members of the international executive committee office, lists of parties, unions, organizations affiliated with the World Union, informational bulletins, copies of a newspaper “La Droit de Vivre”, financial documentations, and numerous items of French committee correspondence with societies and organizations. The correspondence relate to union’s activities, holding congresses and conferences, ant-Nazi propaganda, collaboration, membership dues payments, and other issues. Note: The entire collection was copied.
System of Arrangement
Fond 97 (1936-1939). Opis 1, Dela 142; Opis 2, Dela 5. The entire original Fond was copied. Arranged in eight series: 1. Records relating to creation, structure and activities of the Committee, 1936-1939 [Opis 1, delo 1-6]; 2. Minutes and reports of the Executive Committee, 1937-1938 [Opis 1,delo 7-12]; 3. The list of organizations joined the French Committee, 1936-1939 [Opis 1, delo 13-17]; 4. Materials regarding preparation of Congresses, conferences and meetings, 1937-1939 [Opis 1, delo 18-46]; 5. Records relating to cooperation with French Union, 1936-1939 [Opis 1, delo 47-137]; 6. Financial records, 1938-1939 [Opis 1, delo 138-139]; 7. Miscellaneous records, 1938-1939 [Opis 1, delo 140-141]; 8. International correspondence and printed materials, 1937-1939 [Opis 2, delo 1-5]. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels #206-208; Reel 206: Image #986-Reel end; Reel 207: Reel start-Reel end; Reel 208: Reel start-Image #2063.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv
People
- La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme
Corporate Bodies
- International League against Racism and Antisemitism
Subjects
- Jewish organizations--France--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--France--History--20th century.
- Jews--France--Societies and clubs.
- Jews--France--History--20th century.
- France--Politics and government--20th century.
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Reports.
- Bulletins.
- Minutes.
- Document
- Correspondence.