French National Railway (SNCF) records

Copyright Holder: Société nationale des chemins de fer français (SNCF), Centre des archives historiques de Le Mans Contains the wartime records of the French National Railway (SNCF). The records relate to relations with the German and Allied authorities, wartime operation of the company, statutory texts produced and decisions made by the Board of Directors between 1939-1945. The records contains minutes, meeting notes, agendas of the Board of Directors, company annual reports, correspondence of the Secretariat of the Board of Directors, and Executive Committee records. Includes also military records relating to mobilisation of staff, prisoners of war, secondment to the Deutsche Reichsbahn, demarcation of the border between France and Germany, and liberation of the Territoire de Belfort.