http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection SELECTED RECORDS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL ARCHIVES OF THE HAUTE‐VIENNE, 1937‒1962 RG‐43.047M United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archive 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Tel. (202) 479‐9717 Email: [email protected] Title: Selected Records of the Departmental Archives of the Haute‐Vienne, 1937‐1962. Record Group Number: RG‐43.047M Accession Number: 2003.257 Extent: 9 microfilm reels (16 mm) Provenance: From the Departmental Archives of the Haute‐Vienne. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project Division in 2003. Biographical/Historical note: The Haute‐Vienne was the demarcation line between the occupied and unoccupied zone. Consequently, many surreptitious movements of persons and materials occurred there. The documents in this collection reflect that. Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access. Restrictions on Use: Restrictions on use apply. Any reproduction for publication must be authorized by the Director of the Departmental Archives of the Haute‐Vienne. Organization and Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic. Language: French Preferred citation: Standard citation for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collections Division, Archives Branch. Scope and Content: Contains documents from the camps at Nexon, Saint‐Paul d’Eyjeaux, Séreilhac, Saint‐Germain‐les‐Belles, Saint Sulpice‐la‐Pointe, and la Meyse. Includes documents related to the 1 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection organization and forced labor of foreigners in France during the Vichy regime. Also includes documents pertaining to the massacre at Oradour‐sur‐Glane on June 10, 1944, the OSE children’s home at Montintin, and emigration to Palestine after the war. CONTAINER LIST Reel 1: 185W1‐ Records of the Limoges regional prefecture, 1940‐1944. 185 W1/10 Regional headquarters of the Commissariat Général aux Questions Juives; frames 1‐79. 185 W1/67 Monthly reports of the divisional inspector of labor, Sept. 1941‐July 1944; frames 80‐187. 185 W 1/73 Monthly reports of the “Jewish question” chief of police; frames 188‐235. 185 W 1/114 Internment camps and prisons; frames 236‐350. 185 W 1/147 UGIF; frames 351‐367. 185 W 1/148 Reports of the “Jewish question” police for the Limoges region; frames 368‐680. 185 W1/149 Directions for applying the regulations pertaining to Jews naturalized as French citizens; frames 681‐1538. 185 W1/150 French Freemasons; frames 1539‐1826. 185 W1/151 Notes of the RG concerning public opinion related to the Riom process, and the director of the prefecture’s speech. The arrest of the Bishop of Limoges; frames 1827‐1957. 185 W 1/220 The Catholic Church and the intercessions of the Bishop on behalf of Jews; frames 1958‐ 2090. 185 W 1/221 The Protestant Church and the sermon of the Pastor of Chaudier in relation to measures taken against Jews; frames 2091‐2095. 185 W 1/223 Reports regarding the attitudes of representatives of diverse religious orders, 1940‐1944; frames 2096‐2151. 185 W3‐ Police 185 W3/25 Deportations of French nationals and foreigners from the occupied zone to the free zone; frames 2152‐2186. 2 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 185 W3/38 Name list of those hung (executed) in Tulle. Letter dated April 22, 1944; frames 2187‐2666. 185 W3/55 Algerian internee transfers from the camps of the Haute‐Vienne department, primarily communists; frames 2667‐2790. 185 W3/61 Morale report; frames 2791‐2946. 185 W3/70 Monthly reports of the camp commandant; frames 2947‐3795. 185 W3/82 Escapes, 1942‐1943; frames 3796‐3863. 185 W3/90 Register of foreigners and immigrants in the Limoges region; frames 3864‐4988. 185 W6‐ Labor 185 W6/7 The main groups of foreigners, colonials, and Jews, 1941‐1944; frames 4989‐5717. Reel 2: 187 W‐ Refugee records, 1937‐1950. 187 W17 Administrative retreats in the Haute‐Vienne. List by commune of religious ministers evacuated from the Haute; frames 1‐165. 187 W116 Name lists by commune of foreign refugee families, 1941; frames 166‐827. 187 W190 Numerical count by commune of Jews who did and did not receive aid, 1941; frames 828‐ 1172. 187 W199 Oradour‐sur‐Glane; frames 1173‐1792. 646 W‐ Prefecture records. 646 W196 The 1942 regrouping of Jews and measures enacted against Jewish families, 1942‐1943; frames 1793‐2543. 646 W232 Foreigners requesting visas for Palestine 1948. Residents of the Chateau de Montintin; frames 2544‐2800. 646 W251 Foreign Jews; frames 2801‐3796. 646 W256 Foreign Jews sent to the Gurs camp, 1943; frames 3797‐5057. Reel 3: 646 W‐ Prefecture records. 646 W260 Liberation of foreigners garrisoned in internment centers; frames 1‐935. 3 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 646 W261 Foreign registry office. GTE internment centers in Meyse and Séreilhac; frames 936‐1123. 646 W262 Foreign registry office. Liberation documents; frames 1124‐1493. 646 W263 Foreign registry office. Liberation documents, 1943‐1947; frames 1494‐1873. 765 W‐ General prefecture administration. 765 W65 War, 1939‐1945. Foreign habitation during 1940 to 1944, with a list of Jewish children living in Haute‐Vienne; frames 1874‐3134. 985 W‐ General prefecture administration. 985 W454 Foreigners, 1939‐1945; frames 3135‐4040. 985 W456 Foreigners, 1939‐1945. Investigation of foreigners, particularly Jews; frames 4041‐5149. Reel 4: 985 W‐ General prefecture administration. 985 W473 Foreigners 1939‐1945, clandestine crossings at the line of demarcation; frames 1‐884. 985 W484 French Jews and foreigners. Statute of foreign Jews; frames 885‐1473. 985 W485 French Jews and foreigners. Inquiries into the organizations of UGIF; frames 1474‐2729. 985 W1228 List of foreigners interned at the Séreilhac center; frames 2730‐2795. 985 W1622 Foreigners, measures pertaining to Jews, 1942‐1943; frames 2796‐4155. 985 W1633 Application of the name “Jew” on identity documents; frames 4156‐4175. 985 W1634 Name lists distributed by the prefects of the free zone, containing foreign Jews sought for arrest; frames 4176‐4245. 985 W2620 Foreigners. Requests, for entry into France, presented by deportees, 1945‐1946; frames 4246‐4426. 986 W‐ Office of the Prefect. 986 W258 Correspondence of the prefect, Oradour‐sur‐Glane, 1941‐1944; frames 4427‐5333. 986 W466 Cross‐zonal human traffic (Jews), 1941; frames 5334‐5354. Reel 5: 4 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 986 W‐ Office of the Prefect. 986 W481 Oradour‐sur‐Glane speeches, 1944‐1959; frames 1‐1230. 986 W482 Ceremonial commemorations of the massacre at Oradour; frames 1231‐1621. 986 W483 Parliamentary debates regarding the prosecution of war criminals who participated in the massacre (at Oradour). Protest and other incidents resulting from the judgment of the authorities, 1953‐ 1956; frames 1622‐2352. 986 W538 Letters A through D; frames 2353‐3032. 986 W539 Letters E through M; frames 3033‐3669. 986 W540 Letters N through Z; frames 3670‐4094. 986 W543 Deportees, internees, executions, and investigations, 1956; 4095‐4823. 986 W545 Deportees, internees, executions, and investigations, 1960‐1962; frames 4824‐5804. Reel 6: 986 W546 Internment camp at Nexon; frames 1‐70. 986 W687 Jewish affairs, 1942‐1954; frames 71‐130. 993 W‐Prefecture of military affairs. 993 W1 Internment camp, general file. Legislation of the French committee for the national liberation of Algeria, Nov. 1943‐Apr. 1944; frames 131‐142. 993 W2 Internment camp, general file, 1940‐1950; frames 143‐416. 993 W3 Internment camp, 15 May 1944; frames 417‐420. 993 W4 Internment camp, reports and investigations, 1944‐1945; frames 421‐559. 993 W12 Internment camps; the Saint‐Germain‐les‐Belles internment camp, its foundation and beginnings; frames 560‐568. 993 W15 Internment camps; the Saint‐Germain‐les‐Belles internment camp, 1940‐1941; frames 569‐ 977. 993 W17 Internment camps; the Saint‐Germain‐les‐Belles internment camp, internees, individual files on those released (largely foreigners), 1940‐1941; frames 978‐1363. 993 W26 Internment camps; the Saint‐Paul‐d’Eyjeaux internment camp; frames 1364‐1610. 5 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 993 W27 Internment camps, the Nexon internment camp; the legal situation regarding the site and its buildings. Reports with 9 photographs (24cm x 18cm); frames 1611‐1983. 993 W58 The Nexon internment camp; internees and register of those interned and discharged, 1941‐ July 1943; frames 1984‐2650. 993 W59 The Nexon internment camp; internees, 1943 (1 register); frames 2651‐2751. 993 W60 The Nexon internment camp; internees, escapees, and deaths, Jan.‐Aug. 1944; frames 2752‐ 2798. 993 W61 The Nexon internment camp; internees, escapees, and deaths, Sept. 1944‐1945; frames 2799‐ 2815. 993 W62 The Nexon internment camp; Jews, 20 Oct. 1942; frames 2816‐2823. 993 W63 The Nexon internment camp; name list of Spanish nationals, 1942; frames 2824‐2831. 993 W64 The Nexon internment camp; the register dated 18 Sept. 1944 to 1946, the release of Jews; frames 2832‐2873. 993 W65 The Nexon internment camp; arrivals, releases, and transfers, Oct. 1944‐1945; frames 2874‐ 2942. 993 W66 The Nexon internment camp; internee deaths 1942‐1946, several Jews and their burial; frames 2943‐3109. 993 W67 The Nexon internment camp; social work in relief of the families of the internees, 1941‐1945; frames 3110‐3225. 993 W68 The Nexon internment camp; measures taken by the police to identify the instigators of unlawful plots to prejudice the attitudes of internees, 1942; frames 3226‐3404.