Départmental Archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône records
Extent and Medium
29 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône
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 Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program in Aug. 2002, and accretion of eight microfilm reels in March 2013.
Scope and Content
Selected records from the Prefect's office, the regional court, and the police relating to the internment camps of Les Milles and Saliers, Jewish affairs, and the Departmental Committee of Liberation. Includes documents from the Sous-Préfecture of Arles and Aix-en-Provenance, fonds Giraud, and German publications. The accretion of 8 microfilm reels (Reels #22-29) contain records relating to judicial affairs and administrative personnel files under a 75 (justice) and 100-year reserve law: Criminal Court Proceedings, Regional Court of Justice in Marseille, Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence. The Fonds Giraud are notes taken by the correspondant for the Comité d’histoire de la 2ème guerre mondiale (the predecessor of the Institut d’histoire du temps present).These files are retained and require a special permission for access from the original Archives.
System of Arrangement
Organization is thematic. Microfilm reels #22-29 contains files: 11 Mi/3, 11Mi/4, 11Mi5, 11 Mi/6, 11Mi/9, 11Mi/15, 11Mi/16, 11/Mi20.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône
Corporate Bodies
- Les Milles (Concentration camp)
- Saliers (Concentration camp)
Subjects
- Police--France--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, French--Registers.
- France--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Jews--France--Registers.
- Prisoners of war--France.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- Aix-en-Provence (France)--History.
Genre
- Document
- Registers.
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of Bouches-du-Rhône". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.