International Executive Bureau of the International League Against Racism and Antisemitism, Paris Bureau exécutif international de la Ligue Internationale contre le racisme et anti-sémitisme, Paris (Fond 98)
Extent and Medium
11 microfilm reels (partial), 16 mm
20,911 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme
Biographical History
The International League against Racism and Antisemitism (La Ligue internationale contre le racisme et l'antisémitisme (LICA) 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 98. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 1999, and accretion in 2000. Note: Original records transferred to France, and currently located at the Centre de documentation juive contemporaine, Paris.
Scope and Content
This collection contains the organization's rules and statutes in addition to circulars, protocols, reports, lists of organization members, preparations for conferences and congresses, measures relating to a boycott of German goods and the struggle against holding the Olympic games in Germany, information about activities in various countries, reports on the situation of Jews in various countries, financial documents, newsletters, news clippings, and published material. The collection also features the International Federation's voluminous correspondence with national committees and with other societies and organizations: the Union of Jewish Communities of France, the World Union against Racism, the Canadian Jewish Congress, and the Anti-Nazi league, the World Union for Peace, the World Jewish Congress, and the Jewish community of Istanbul. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.
System of Arrangement
Fond 98 (1931-1940). Opis 1-2, Delo 223. Selected records arranged in seven series: 1. Records related to creation and activities of the international League Against Racism and Antisemitism; 2. Circulars, protocols and reports, 1936-1939; 3. Lists of organizations comprising the Federation, affiliated organizations, and persons cooperating with Federation; 4. Conferences and congresses (preparation materials); 5, Correspondence with international organizations (organized by country names); 6. Reviews, articles and reports related to situation of Jews in Europe; 7. Printed materials related to German propaganda, anti-Semitism, and persecution of Jews in Germany and other European countries. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reels #208, 209-217, 218; Reel 208: Image #2067-Reel end; Reels 219-217: Reel start-reel end; Reel 218: Reel start-Image #1943; Reel 223: Image #788-1036 (copies of folders also found on reel 214)
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
- Antisemitism--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jews--Persecution--Europe--History--20th century.
- Jewish organizations--France--History--20th century.
- Antisemitism--France--History--20th century.
- Jews--France--Societies and clubs.
- World War 1939-1945--Atrocities--Europe.
- Europe--Politics and government--1918-1945.
- France--Politics and government--20th century.
Genre
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Registers.
- Reports.
- Minutes.
- Correspondence.
- Document