German Academic Exchange Service in Paris Deutscher Akademisches Austauschdienst, Paris (Fond 132)

Identifier
irn615081
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.515.6
  • RG-11.001M.88
Dates
1 Jan 1931 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

1 microfilm reel (partial), 16 mm

732 digital images, JPEG

Creator(s)

Biographical History

The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD (German: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation. It was founded in 1925.

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 132. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in 2006.

Scope and Content

This collection contains office records of the Paris branch of the Deutscher Akademisches Austauschdienst in Berlin. Included are general correspondence, bills for routine expenses and book and subscription purchases, lists of some German and French exchange students, statistics concerning foreign students in French universities, press clippings concerning events by organizations involved in Franco-German cultural relations, an invitation list created by the German embassy for a 1938 "German Book Week", and other materials. Note: USHMM Archives holds only selected records.

System of Arrangement

Fond 132 (1931-1940). Opis 1; Dela 6. Arranged in one series: 1. Records of the German Academic Exchange Service in Paris concerning foreign students in French universities. Note: Location of digital images; Partial microfilm reel #454: Reel start-Image #732.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Rossiĭskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ voennyĭ arkhiv

People

Subjects

Genre

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