Selected records of the Cluj Branch of the Romanian National Archives

Identifier
irn513158
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2003.169
  • RG-25.017M
Dates
1 Jan 1934 - 31 Dec 1952
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
  • Hungarian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn513158

Extent and Medium

16,909 digital images, JPEG

38 microfilm reels, 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.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project acquired microfilm copies from the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives) and transferred the microfilms to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in June 2003 (Microfilm reels 1- 9). Additional records were accreted in June 2007 (Microfilm reels 10-17), May 2010 (Microfilm reels 18-31), Jan. 2011 (Microfilm reels 32-35), and March 2011 (Microfilm reels 36-38).

Scope and Content

Includes selected fragments of transcripts from war crimes trials held in Cluj, Romania, from 1944 to 1945, documents from the Inspectoratul de jandarmi, Inspectoratul de politie (including police reports from Cluj, Turda, Abrud, Aiud, Dej, Huedin, Zalau, Alba Iulia), and Parchetul General, Prefuctura judetului, Tinutul, Parchetul General Maghiar, and Pretura plasii Cluj, and a few documents from the Prefectura judetului Somes and the Jandarmeria judetului Turda. Most are status reports, requests, transcripts of trials, and police/gendarmes reports on everything from Zionist and Legionary movements to Hungarian irredentism.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Subjects

  • Jews--Romania--History--20th century.
  • War crimes--Romania.
  • Turda (Romania)
  • Huedin (Romania)
  • Tinutul (Romania)
  • Alba Iulia (Romania)
  • Abrud (Romania)
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania.
  • Cluj (Romania)
  • Zalau (Romania)
  • Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
  • Aiud (Romania)
  • War crime trials--Romania.
  • Romania--Politics and government--1944-1989.
  • Dej (Romania)

Genre

  • Transcripts.
  • Document
  • Reports.
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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