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SELECTED RECORDS FROM THE DEPARTMENTAL ARCHIVES OF THE , 1921‒1947

RG‐43.105M

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Tel. (202) 479‐9717 e‐mail: [email protected]

Title: Selected Records from the Departmental Archives of the Yonne, 1921‐1947.

Record Group Number: RG‐43.105M

Accession Number: Acc. 2008.103

Extent: 5 microfilm reels (16 mm); 1 microfilm reel (35 mm); 15, 255 digital images (JPEG); 25 pages of photocopies.

Provenance: The administrative documents are from the prefect's office, the police department responsible for surveillance of foreigners, the department of internment camps, the tax and financial administration, police investigations ("Renseignements Généraux"), the prison, the local civil court, and the Comité d'histoire de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale. Source of acquisition is the Departmental Archives of the Yonne (Archives Départementales de l'Yonne). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in August 2008.

Restrictions on access: No restrictions on access for material received. Certain documents are still classified and will be microfilmed separately from 152 W 265 concerning sequestered property belonging to unions of dentists and pharmacists as well as to Jews (i.e. DPCi reel no. 2 Mi 567)

Restrictions on use: No duplication of microfilm reels or digital images without the written permission of the Departmental Archives of the Yonne. Researchers agree that the use of the microfilmed documents is subject to the fair practice principles of the Berne Convention, especially Article10, in accordance with the adoption of these principles by their respective countries. Parties who have been granted access to the archival material agree that they must obtain the prior written consent of the Directorate of the Departmental Archives of the Yonne before using the Archival Material for other than scholarly and educational purposes and that the Directorate may require payment of license fees for such use. Any publication of these documents should mention that they belong to the "Departmental Archives of the Yonne”.

Organization and arrangement: Arrangement is thematic.

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Language: French, and German.

Preferred citation: Standard citation for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Curatorial Affairs Division, Archives Branch.

Scope and Content: This collection contains records of the internment and forced labor of Roma in the rural area of the Yonne; the former Saint‐Maurice‐aux‐Riches‐Hommes train station, used to intern refugees from the Spanish Civil War and subsequently Roma; the internment in Saint‐Denis‐lès‐ of Jews, Roma, and foreigners expelled from coastal "zones interdites"; the internment in Vaudeurs of "subversives" and black‐marketeers; the use of the jail in Auxerre as way‐station for Jews being sent to Drancy; and the internment in the Caserne Goué military barracks in Auxerre of accused Nazi collaborators after the war.

CONTAINER LIST

Reel 1: Prefectural payroll and personnel records. 1W160: The Prefecture’s correspondence (Jewish Affairs) with the occupation authorities, July 1942‐July 1944. Frames 1‐421.

1W161: Jewish arrests, 1941‐1944. Frames 422‐889.

1W190: Orders received concerning foreigners, 1941‐1942. Changes in naturalization, 1944. Frames 890‐971.

1W191: General accounting of foreigners: Americans, Czechs, Germans, and English. Surveillance and correspondence with the occupation authorities, 1940‐1944. Frames 972‐1553.

1W258: The sequestering and disbursing of goods belonging to dissolved associations: general orders and correspondence, 1941‐1946. Frames 1554‐2100.

1W192: Spaniards, Russians, Italians, Alsace‐Loraines, [French] Colonials, and migrants: census, surveillance, and correspondence with the occupation authorities, 1940‐1944. Frames 2101‐2729.

1W459: Logging sites in the Courgenay (migrants), Arces, Bussy‐en‐Othe, Quarré‐les‐ Tombes (penal labor): correspondence file, 1942. Frames 2730‐2764.

1W464: Camp personnel: recruitment and payroll, 1941‐1946. Inventories and correspondence, 1942‐1945. Frames 2765‐3072.

1W465: Situation reports from the camp director, 1941‐June 1944. Frames 3073‐3918.

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1W502: Maps of the camps, the purchasing of land in the Noues Bouchardes at Sens, and orders concerning camp provisions and the arming of camp guards, 1943‐1945. Frames 3919‐4060.

Reel 2: 1W509: Operations reports from the Saint‐Denis‐les‐Sens camp, 1941‐1944. Monthly reports from the Saint‐Maurice‐aux‐Riches‐Hommes camp, 1941‐1945. Monthly situation reports from the Vaudeurs camp, 1942. Monthly reports from after liberation, 1944‐1945. Frames 1‐1074.

1W512: Reports from camp management to the prefecture and various reports from the gendarmerie, 1940‐1942. Frames 1075‐1284.

1W517: Register of mail sent to camp management at the internment center, 18 October 1943‐24 December 1945. Frames 1285‐1483.

1W527: Migrants interned at the Saint‐Maurice‐aux‐Riches camp (men): lists, camp provisions, and correspondence, 1944‐1945. Frames 1484‐2129.

Reel 3: sub‐prefecture personnel/payroll records. 119W19402: Orders from the occupation authorities and correspondence with same, 1941‐1942. Frames 1‐452.

119W19404‐19406: Various correspondence, 1940‐1945. Frames 453‐2839.

119W19544: Requests for passports and visas for foreigners, 1941‐1945. Frames 2840‐ 3039.

119W19589: Real estate transactions with register, 1941‐1944. Frames 3040‐3347.

119W19590: Investigations into the purchasing of real property, 1941‐1945. Frames 3348‐4572.

Reel 4: 119W19591‐19593: Investigations into the purchasing of real property, 1941‐1945. Frames 1‐2813.

Reel 5: General payroll/personnel records. 1222W7: The internment center at Saint‐Denis‐les‐Sens: plans of operation; camp activity reports; internee name lists, 1943‐1944. Frames 1‐272.

1222W8: The Saint‐Maurice‐aux‐Riches‐Hommes: reports, 1941‐1942. Frames 273‐338.

1222W25: Official reports from the Sens police station concerning the arrest of Jews, 1942. Frames 339‐344.

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1222W23: Letters of declaration claiming to be a member of the Jewish community, 1941. Frames 345‐378.

3M: General police file.

3M15/26: Orders and various correspondence, 1921‐1947. Warehousing of migrants [i.e. Roma‐Sinti] in the Saint‐Maurice‐aux‐Riches‐Hommes, 1940‐1944. Frames 379‐ 1401.

149W: Court payroll records.

149W22884: Sequestering of Jewish property, 1942‐1943. Frames 1402‐1459.

Reel 6: 1270W: Auxerre prison payroll records.

1270W1: Prisoner numbers 761‐1015, dated 20 March 1943 to 13 September 1943. Prisoner numbers 1016‐1270, dated 12 September 1943 to 2 January 1944. Prisoner numbers 1271‐1525, dated 3 January 1944 to 28 March 1944. Frames 1‐178.

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