Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Savoie

Identifier
irn524012
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2006.365
  • RG-43.084M
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1961
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn524012

Extent and Medium

23,352 digital images, JPEG

5 microfilm reels (digitized), 16 mm

Archival History

Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie

Acquisition

The materials derive from the Cabinet du préfet, Police des frontières, Renseignements généraux, Sous-préfecture de Saint Julien, and Service du contrôle économique. Source of acquisition is the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Savoie (Archives départemetales). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Programs Division in January 2006.

Scope and Content

Contains material pertaining to anti-Jewish legislation, illegal border crossings, Freemasonry, foreign residency requirements, and humanitarian relief work in and around the Haute-Savoie.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic

Subjects

  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--France.
  • Freemasonry--France--History.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--France.
  • Romanies--France.
  • France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France.
  • France--Ethnic relations.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

Copies

  • Archives départementales de Haute-Savoie

    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Archives départementales de la Haute-Savoie

  • Archives départementales de Haute-Savoie

    USHMM holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from the Archives départementales de Haute-Savoie grouped under "Selected records of the Departmental Archives of the Haute-Savoie". Detailed finding aids of the copies made by USHMM are available via the USHMM collection description.