Selected records from the collections of the Brăila branch of the Romanian National Archives
Extent and Medium
22,417 digital images, JPEG
101 microfilm reels (partially 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), Brăila Branch. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the Romanian National Archives via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2012, and accretion in Oct. 2013.
Scope and Content
Contains the Prefecture of the District of Brăila records related to the "religious sects," nomadic Roma, confiscation of Jewish properties, ethnic Bulgarians, repatriation from Bessarabia and Bucovina (1940) from various subdistricts in Brăila, treatment of Jews, forced labor of Jews, deportation of Jews between Siret and Prut Rivers (1941), Iron Guard, forced labor of Jews in Lacu Sărat and Baldovineşti, name lists, local Aryanization activities (CNR), expelling of Jews from various institutions, travel authorizations for Jews, Jewish detachment of forced labor for road repairs, rights given to Jewish citizens (1946); the Legion of Gendarmes Brăila records relating to "religious sects," forced labor of Jews and trials of war criminals (1945); the Mayorship of Brăila correspondence with local Aryanization Center (CNR); the National Democratic Committee Brăila (CDE) correspondence relating to the CDE activities, reports, instructions, name lists of Jews emigrating to Israel, name lists of Jews who joined communist party, statistics of Jewish population in the city of Brăila, and registers.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic. Organized in the following order: Inv. 8; Inv. 13; Inv. 2; Inv. 516. 13, 8. Series: 1. Prefecture of the District of Brăila, Reels #1-101; Series 3, Legion of Gendarmes, Reel #102; Series 4: Democratic Jewish.Committee, #103-106.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Corporate Bodies
- Garda de Fier
- Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc
Subjects
- Jews--Nazi persecution--Romania--History.
- Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)
- Jewish property--Romania.
- War crime trials.
- Forced labor--Romania--Lacu Sărat.
- Romania--Registers.
- Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
- Forced labor--Romania--Baldovineşti.
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
- Brăila (Romania)
- Romani Genocide, 1939-1945--Romania--History.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania.
- Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)--Ethnic relations.
- Nationalism--Romania--History--20th century.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României