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contains transitive: Aix-en-Provence
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contains transitive: Lyon
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contains transitive: Île-de-France
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contains transitive: Arras
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archival history: France was invaded by the German army in May 1940, fell in June, and signed an armistice a few weeks later. General de Gaulle, established a government-in-exile in London, Free France, which joined the Allies and supported the Resistance. According to the armistice, Germany de facto annexed the regions of Alsace and Lorraine, while the rest of France was principally divided into a small demilitarized Italian zone in the south east and two large parts: the Occupied Zone and the Free Zone. The first encapsulated Northern France and the Atlantic Coast and was placed under German military control. Southern France remained unoccupied and was placed under the control of a new French government, headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain. In response to the Allied landings in North Africa in November 1942, German and Italian forces also occupied the Southern Zone. When Italy attempted to surrender to the Allies in September 1943, the Germans took over the Italian zone of France. The liberation of France began with the Allied landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944. Two months later, on 25 August, the German forces in Paris surrendered. In the summer of 1940, France had a total population of 40,690,000 inhabitants. Some 300,000 to 350,000 were Jewish, with 145,000 living in the Southern Zone. About half of the Jewish population were not French citizens, but Jews who had moved to France after the First World War or had arrived as Jewish refugees during the 1930s. Almost immediately after the occupation, Jews in both zones were subjected to a first wave of anti-Jewish measures. In the German-controlled zone, Jews were removed from their jobs, their freedom of movement was restricted, and many were arrested. At the same time, the Vichy government actively commenced persecuting Jews. In October 1940, it passed a set of anti-Jewish laws called the Statut des Juifs [Jewish Statute]. In March 1941, the Vichy authorities set up a General Commissariat for Jewish Affairs [Commissariat Général aux…
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contains transitive: Oradour-sur-Glane
contains transitive: Seine-Saint-Denis
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contains transitive: Paris Cedex 12
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contains transitive: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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contains transitive: Nanterre
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contains transitive: Privas
contains transitive: Grenoble
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contains transitive: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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research summary: EHRI has merged and updated the existing information about public and private archives in France which hold Holocaust-related materials. The EHRI portal displays the National Archives [Archives nationales de France], the Departmental Archives [Archives départementales], the archives of the Ministries of Defence, Justice, Foreign Affairs, and several Jewish archives and institutions. One of the, if not the, most important Holocaust-relevant archives in France is the Mémorial de la Shoah in Paris. The archive and documentation centre of the Mémorial, the former Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine [CDJC, Centre of Contemporary Jewish Documentation[, holds more than 30 million archival documents, including many originals bearing the signatures of the heads of the Third Reich and those responsible for the deportation of the Jews from France. Since 24 December 2015, the French government opened access to the judicial archives concerning the Vichy regime, collaborationists and the purge during the liberation of France. These historical documents are contained in the Mémorial’s collections and they can be consulted in the reading room of the Documentation Centre. An archival catalogue is available online (not including data relating to the privacy of individuals mentioned). Equally important are the National Archives, which hold administrative records created by several ministries and other central public bodies during the Vichy regime; Vichy and post-war legal proceedings; and documents donated by survivors. At a more local level, the Departmental Archives are highly relevant for study of racial laws and their implementation. It is also worth mentioning the National Archives branch for France’s overseas colonies [Archives Nationales d'Outre-mer], where the unique “Préfecture de Constantine. Service des questions juives et des sociétés secrètes” collection can be found. Finally, the National Audiovisual Institute [INA, Institut National de l’Audiovisuel] holds Holoc…
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