Selected records from the collections of the Prahova branch of the Romanian National Archives

Identifier
irn43430
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2011.77
  • RG-25.087M
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1948
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn43430

Extent and Medium

720 digital images, JPEG

4 microfilm reels, 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc

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), Prahova branch, created by the Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc (Democratic Jewish Committee), a “fellow traveler”/a puppet Jewish organization aligned with the Romanian Communist Part. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Romanian National Archives, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in June 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains correspondence of the members of Jewish communists from Ploiești, relating to war criminals, creation of the People’s Republic of Romania,1948 elections, meetings, and study circles. Also includes records of the National Committee for Romaization (Aryanization) for the Prahova district containing tables of confiscated Jewish real estate, correspondence relating to the expropriation of Jewish properties, registers, instructions on buildings confiscated from Jews, lists of confiscated Jewish real estate in 1943, procès-verbaux of confiscated Jewish real estate property by address.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Fond Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc, 1946-1948, Inv. Nr. 1761 and Fond Fond Centrul Naţional de Românizare. 1941-1942, Inv. nr. 438.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Subjects

  • Ploiești (Romania)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania.
  • Prahova (Romania)
  • Jewish property--Romania--Registers.
  • Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
  • Jewish communists--Romania--Ploiești.
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Romania.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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