SNCF’s archives relating to the 1939-1945 period have undergone thorough archival processing, making it easier to identify, search and consult them.
The collection includes the archives of the General Management departments, the Central Departments and SNCF’s five Regions. The latter notably include the records of the Regional Directorates, Arrondissements and Establishments. In addition, there are the regulatory texts relating to SNCF’s organisation and operation, as well as a substantial documentary collection devoted to the 1939-1945 period.
The collection is presented here by company department, each section bringing together the various archive records attached to it. This organisation allows researchers to identify more easily, department by department, the files likely to be relevant to their research.
- To consult the files, you can download the Research Guide below:
- or search by keyword or record number, among those presented below, on the SNCF 1939-1945 historical archives website.
The General Management Departments
Find the history and list of records for each of the General Management departments between 1939 and 1945.
Secretariat of the Board of Directors and the Management Committee
General Management Secretariat
Legal Affairs Department
Budget Department
The Central Departments
Find the history and list of records for each of the Central Departments between 1939 and 1945.
Central Technical Organisation Department
Central Personnel Department
Financial Departments
Supplies, Orders and Contracts Department
Commercial Department
Central Fixed Installations (and Construction) Department
Central Traffic Department
SNCF’s five Regions in 1939-1945
Find the history and list of records from the Regional Directorates, Arrondissements and Establishments of each SNCF Region in 1939-1945.
SNCF’s five Regions during the war
Regulatory texts relating to SNCF’s organisation
Regulations
Documentation
The documentary collection
