Selected records from collections of the Braşov branch of the Romanian National Archive

Identifier
irn40062
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.62
  • RG-25.064M
Dates
1 Jan 1933 - 31 Dec 1953
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

25,031 digital images, JPEG

28 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives), Fond Chestura Politiel Brasov, 1893-1949, Inventar No. 73; Fond Politia orasului Fagaras, 1921-1944, Inv. 475; Fond Prefectura Fagaras, 1916-1949, Inventar No. 672. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program in May 2010, and accretion in Jan. 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains postwar records of the Jewish Democratic Committee (CDE) of Braşov (a.k.a. Stalin), containing reports of meetings, name lists of members of the CDE, and name lists of Jews who returned from Transnistria. Also contains wartime records of local Braşov governmental organizations such as the prefecture, police, and the Legion of Jandarmerie. These include correspondence about the Iron Guard rebellion, name lists of Jews forbidden to return to Romania during the war, and correspondence concerning control of Jews and Roma, for example, case such as the confiscation of a radio. Also contains records from the town of concerning treatment of Jews during the war, and postwar correspondence concerning sects and Roma returning from Transnistria. Includes also records from the Prefecture of Făgăraş relating to: confiscated Jewish properties, card files (CNR), expropriation of the land of Brandsteter Ludovic from Soars on March 11, 1945, murders committed by Iron Guard after ceding of Transylvania, and appointed Mayors from the district of Făgăraş who were Iron Guards.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Reel 1-14: Comitetul Democrat Evreiesc, 1946-1953. Fond 24, Inventory 1; Reel 15 :Legiunea de Jandarmi Braşov, 1930-1949. Fond 66, Inventory 24; Reel 16-19: Chestura Poliţie Braşov,1893-1949. Fond 63, Inventory 73; Reel 20-21: Prefectura Judeţului Braşov,1921-1950. Fond 2, Inventory 347; Reel 22: Poliţia Oraşului Făgăraş, 1921-1944.Fond 354, Inv. 475; Reel 23-24: Legiunea de Jandarmi Făgăraş,1926-1948. Fond 269-476; Reel 25-27: Fond Chestura Poliţiei Braşov. 1893-1949; Fond Poliţia oraşului Făgăraş. 1921-1944; and Fond Prefectura Fagaras, 1916-1949, Inventar No. 672 (only paper copy).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

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