Central Office of Romanianization (Aryanization)

Identifier
Central_Office_of_Romanianization
Language of Description
English
Dates
1939 - 1944
Level of Description
Fonds
Languages
  • Romanian
Scripts
  • Latin
Source
EHRI

Scope and Content

Contains material of the Central Office of Romanianization (the OCR) under the Ministry of Work, Health and Social Protection, concerning the Romanianization of personnel of various private enterprises, the sacking of Jews, the hiring of ethnic Romanians in their stead, and "doubling"-the practice of having the sacked worker continue on for a time to teach the new worker his job. Included are proposals to accelerate "Romanianization"; a draft law to that effect; explicatory memoranda about it; the structure of the personnel of the OCR; its budgetary expenses; draft law on Romanianization of personnel in North Bucovina and Bessarabia; the "Jewish question" in general and denunciation of Jews by ethnic Romanians, activity reports of the OCR to the Ministry of Labor; requests by refugees and other ethnic Romanians to be "placed" in various jobs; and denunciations of Jews by ethnic Romanians. Also contains correspondence of OCR with various governmental bodies, individual companies, and private persons concerning Romanianization; collections of news clippings concerning Romanianization; inspection of individual companies concerning Romanianization; and correspondence of OCR with individual companies and private persons.

NOTE: The OCR should not be confused with the "Undersecretariat of Romanianization, Colonialization, and Inventory," which was an organization more powerful than OCR. It dealt with private property of those who had been forcibly moved, the inventorying of that property to maintain a list of property available, and the handing over of the property to ethnic Romanians, who were to colonize the land. The Undersecretariat, headed by General Dragoş and later by General Zwiedeneck, consisted of a National Center of Romanianization and a Planning Office.

Conditions Governing Access

Public access

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EHRI Guidelines for Description v.1.0