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USHMM Finding http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection FONDS ANNY LATOUR (DLXI), 1940-1987 2017.18.1, RG-43.158 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024-2126 Tel. (202) 479-9717 e-mail: [email protected] Descriptive summary Title: Fonds Anny Latour (DLXI) Dates: 1940-1987 Accession number: 2017.18.1 Record Group Number: RG-43.158 Creator: Anny Latour Extent: 2,253 digital images (JPEG) Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126 Abstract: The collection constitute testimonies and general correspondence collected by Anny Latour in the framework of the elaboration of her book about Jewish resistance in France Languages: French Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but may be stored offsite. Please contact the Reference Desk more than seven days prior to visit in order to request access. Reproduction and use: Collection is available for use. Material may be protected by copyright. Please contact reference staff for further information. No publication of documents on the World Wide Web, Internet, etc., or reproduction of microfilm reels without the permission of the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC). Cite the CDJC as holder of originals. 1 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Preferred citation: (Identification of item), Fonds Anny Latour (DLXI), 1940-1987, RG-43.158, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Acquisition information: Materials were collected and arranged by the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC). 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. Existence and location of originals: Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine Mémorial de la Shoah 17, rue Geoffroy l’Asnier 75004 Paris FRANCE tel. +33-(0)1 42 77 44 72 www.memorialdelashoah.org Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information. Processing history: Aleksandra Borecka, February 2017. Inventory adapted from the French inventory provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division. Biographical Information Anny Latour was a French historian and author of the book: La Résistance juive en France, 1940-1944, Paris: Stock, 1970, and the author of several historical publications. She has also participated in various resistance actions such as the rescue of a rural construction site where young people were prepared for future work in Palestine and threatened with deportation. She also joined the Jewish Army. Her book, The Jewish Resistance in France, 1940-1944, is a key publication in French historiography. Scope and content of collection Records collected by Anny Latour, a doctor of philosophy, historian and author of a book on Jewish resistance: La Résistance juive en France, 1940-1944, Paris: Stock, 1970. The archives constitute testimonies and general correspondence collected by Anny Latour in the framework of the research and writing of her book about Jewish resistance in France. She donated her archives to the CDJC and disappeared. There was no trace of her to ask for authorization to use a testimony she recorded, or notes she took. System of arrangement Arrange in one series: 1. Collection of testimonies and general records: Correspondence, list of persons contacted (1974). Individual files are arranged in an alphabetical order by last names of individuals. Indexing terms 2 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Personal Name Latour, Anny. Topical Term World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--France. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--France Jews--Persecutions--France. Jewish children--France Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--France. Geographic Name France--Ethnic relations. Genre/Form Correspondence. Registers. Testimonies. CONTAINER LIST NOTE: French inventory provided by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division. Mémorial de la Shoah, Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine), France. Fonds Anny Latour (DLXI) SOMMAIRE Sommaire p.3 Introduction p.3 Bibliographie p.4 Sources complémentaires p.5 Fonds Anny Latour p.5 INTRODUCTION Le fonds Anny Latour 3 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Le fonds Anny Latour est constitué des témoignages recueillis par Anny Latour dans le cadre de 1 l’élaboration de son ouvrage La Résistance juive en France . A cette occasion, Anny Latour avait interviewé et enregistré sur cassettes audios les survivants de cette période en France et en Israël. Dans un second temps, chaque témoignage a fait l’objet d’une transcription, la version papier de ces témoignages a été versée au CDJC par Anny Latour. A la relecture des textes, il s’est avéré que certains témoignages comportaient des incertitudes. Les archivistes du CDJC ont alors voulu faire valider ces témoignages par les personnes interviewées afin de corriger les erreurs éventuelles. Un même témoignage peut donc faire l’objet d’une version non signée et signée : . Les témoignages « non signés » c’est-à-dire transcrits directement par Anny Latour . Les témoignages signés par les témoins c’est-à-dire transcrits et corrigés par les témoins Ces archives (1972-1987) constituent donc le matériau de base qui a permis à Anny Latour de rédiger son ouvrage mais elles sont également une trace indispensable pour comprendre l’action menée par des hommes et des femmes durant la guerre. Les témoignages recueillis par Anny Latour permettent donc de dégager les grandes tendances de la résistance juive : l’organisation des réseaux, la place des Juifs dans le maquis, le rôle des groupes combattants. Anny Latour Anny Latour, docteur en philosophie et historienne est l’auteur de plusieurs publications 2 historiques . Elle a elle même participé à différentes actions de résistance telles que le sauvetage d’un chantier rural où l’on préparait les jeunes gens au travail futur en Palestine et menacés de déportation. Elle s’est également engagé dans l’Armée Juive. Son ouvrage La Résistance juive en France (1940-1944), édité en 1970, constitue une date clé dans l’historiographie française. Jusqu’alors, seul David Knout avait édité un ouvrage sur ce sujet en 1947 3 . Dans les années 1970, une deuxième génération d’auteurs apparaissent, on peut citer Anny 4 Latour mais également David Diamant ou Jacques Ravine . 1 LATOUR (Anny), La Résistance juive en France (1940-1944), Paris, Stock, 1970, 295 pages. 2 La Résurrection d’Israël. Collection « Il y a toujours un reporter », Paris, René Julliard, 1965, 383 pages ; Israël, Gelabtes Land. Idee und Gründung eines Staates. Zengen-berichte aus zwei Jahrtausenden, Francfort- sur-Main, Fischer Verlag, 1968, 254 pages ; « Une dynastie d’éditeurs juifs à Paris », Informations juives, n°272, Paris, mai 1977, p.1-8. 3 KNOUT (David), Contribution à l’histoire de la Résistance juive en France, paris, Ed. du Centre, 1947. 4 DIAMANT (David), Les Juifs dans la résistance française 1940-1944, Paris, Roger Maria, le Pavillon, 1971 ; RAVINE (Jacques), La résistance organisée des Juifs en France (1940-1944), Paris, Julliard, 1973. 4 https://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection BIBLIOGRAPHIE Les références bibliographiques sur la résistance juive sont aujourd’hui pléthoriques. Cependant, il est possible de citer quelques ouvrages fondamentaux. Les activités des organisation juives en France sous l’occupation, Paris, CDJC, série « Etudes et monographies », n°4, 1983, 246 pages. COHEN (Asther), Persécutions et sauvetages. Juifs et Français sous l’occupation et sous Vichy, Paris, Editions du Cerf, 1993, 524 pages. DIAMANT (David), Les Juifs dans la résistance française 1940-1944, Paris, Roger Maria, le Pavillon, 1971, 367 pages. DIAMANT (David), Jeune Combat. La jeunesse juive dans la Résistance, Paris, Editions L’Harmattan, 1993, 190 pages. DIAMANT (David), 250 combattants de la résistance témoignent, Paris, Editions L’Harmattan, 1991, 417 pages. KNOUT (David), Contribution à l’histoire de la Résistance juive en France, Paris, Ed. du Centre, 1947, 182 pages. LATOUR (Anny), La Résistance juive en France (1940-1944), Paris, Stock, 1970, 295 pages. LAZARE (Lucien), La résistance juive en France, Paris, Editions Stock, 1987, 524 pages. POLIAKOV (Léon), Les différentes formes de la Résistance juive en France, Jérusalem, Yad Vashem, 1971, 562 pages. RAVINE (Jacques), La résistance organisée des Juifs en France (1940-1944), Paris, Julliard, 1973. WIEWIORKA (Annette), Ils étaient juifs, résistants, communistes, Paris, Editions Denoël, 1986, 357 pages. SOURCES COMPLEMENTAIRES De nombreux fonds d’archives illustrent et complètent les témoignages des résistants juifs. Certains fonds de résistants ou d’organisations juives peuvent être mentionnés. Archives de résistants
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