Fonds Monneray (MDXXXV)
Extent and Medium
8,505 digital images, JPEG
Creator(s)
- Henry Monneray
Biographical History
Henri Monneray, a French lawyer, a member of the French prosecuting team at the Nuremberg Trials. He presented the 423-page French report on the persecution of Jews in France and Western Europe at the Military Tribunal in Nuremburg in 1947.
Archival History
Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine
Acquisition
Source of acquisition is the Memorial to the Shoah, Jewish Contemporary Documentation Center (Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine), France. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in February 2017.
Scope and Content
Records related to Military Tribunal in Nuremburg, the creation of the U.N., work on humanitarian aid and human rights with international organizations, Monneray's work as a jurist, as well as books and articles, and his involvement with the Jewish community.
System of Arrangement
Arranged in six series: 1. Henry Monneray in Nuremberg, 1945-1949; 2. Henry Monneray and international institution, 1947-1950; 3. Henry Monneray and Jewish Associations. Discussion on Jewish property, 1947-1951; 4. Henry Monneray, the jurist- the expert for the office of Military Government of Germany (USA), 1948-1949; 5. Miscellaneous records: Statutes and monetary regulations, 1944-1948; 6. Newspapers and journals: a few issues of each journal and periodical, contain articles dealing with an important subject for Monneray, such as consequences of the Nuremberg trials, the formation of committees, associations, conferences on human rights, and new regulations, 1946-1953.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine
People
- Schneersohn, Isaac, 1881-1969.
- Lemkin, Raphael, 1900-1959.
- Billig, Joseph.
- Czertok, leon.
- Monneray, Henri, 1914-1973.
Corporate Bodies
- United Nations
- Board of Deputies of British Jews
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
- International Military Tribunal
- United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
- United Nations. Human Rights Committee
- Alliance israélite universelle
- UNICEF
- International Refugee Organization
Subjects
- War reparations--Europe--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage.
- France.
- Antisemitism--Europe, Eastern--History--20th century.
- Jewish property--Europe--History--20th century.
- France--Politics and government--1940-1945.
- Research institutes
- Europe--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- Crimes against humanity--Europe--History.
- Germany--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Jews--Persecutions--France--Hisrory--20th century.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Europe--History.
- War criminals--Germany--Nuremberg.
- Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946--Sources.
- Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.
- France--History--German occupation, 1940-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations.
- Humanitarian assistance.
- Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg, Germany, 1946-1949--Archival resources.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Document
- Reports.
- Brochures.
- Registers.
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Bulletins.