Selected records from the departmental archives of the Meuse, France
Extent and Medium
3 microfilm reels, 16 mm
Archival History
Archives départementales de la Meuse
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.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Archives départementales de la Meuse via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Programs Division in January 2005.
Scope and Content
This collection contains information pertaining to the arrest and deportation of Jews in the Meuse prefecture, as well as material related to the expropriation and sale of Jewish property. It also contains information on Freemasons, political dissidents, and others. Documents include police records, card files, and lists made in the prefect's office during the German occupation of France; Gendarmerie reports from the prefecture and cabinet; and a list of political deportees from the subprefecture of Verdun.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Archives départementales de la Meuse
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--France.
- Freemasonry--France--History.
- France--Ethnic relations.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
- Antisemitism--France.
- Jews--(Meuse) France--Registers.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de la Meuse
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USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de la Meuse grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Meuse". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.