Selected records from Romanian diplomatic missions

Identifier
irn516073
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.561
  • RG-25.020
Dates
1 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1950, 1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1945
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
  • French
  • English
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn516073

Extent and Medium

boxes

95

1,232 microfiche,

7,008 digital images, PDF

Creator(s)

  • Romania. Ministerul Afacerilor Externe

Archival History

Romania. Ministerul Afacerilor Externe

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.

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 Ministerul Afacerilor Externe (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in Romania. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the records in 2004 via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program, and accretions in Feb 2018, March, May, June, and Oct. 2019.

Scope and Content

Contains reports, correspondence, and reportage sent before and during World War II to Bucharest, Romania, from the Romanian diplomatic missions in Rome (Italy), Moscow (Soviet Union), Washington (U.S.A.), Berlin (Germany), Brussels (Belgium), Istanbul (Turkey), Prague (Czechoslovakia), Belgrade (Yugoslavia), Madrid (Spain), Warsaw (Poland), Budapest (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), The Hague (Netherlands), Bern (Switzerland), the Vatican, Cairo (Egypt), Lisbon (Portugal), London (UK), Paris (France). The Washington records show the concern of American Jews about the treatment of Jews in Romania in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as documents from 1938 when Romania denaturalized over 100,000 Jews.

System of Arrangement

Organized by diplomatic mission into the following groups: 1. RG-25.02001, Rome (Italy), 40 folders; 2. RG-25.02002, Moscow (Soviet Union), 102 folders; 3. RG-25.02003, Washington (U.S.A.), 69 folders; 4. RG-25.02004, Berlin (Germany), 13 folders; 5. RG-25.02005, Brussels (Belgium), 13 folders; 6. RG-25.02006, Istanbul (Turkey), 12 folders; 7. RG-25.02007, Prague (Czechoslovakia), 9 folders; 8. RG-25.02008, Belgrade (Yugoslavia), 15 folders; 9. RG-25.02009, Madrid (Spain), 2 folders; 10. RG-25.02010, Warsaw (Poland), 2 folders; 11. RG-25.02011, Budapest (Hungary), 7 folders; 12. RG-25.02012, Sofia (Bulgaria), 7 folders; 13. RG-25.02013, The Hague (Holland), 5 folders; 14. RG-25.02014, Bern (Switzerland), 37 folders; 15. RG-25.02015, Vatican, 58 folders; 16. RG-25.02016, Cairo (Egypt), 16 folders; 17. RG-25.02017, Lisbon (Portugal), 31 folders; 18. RG-25.02018, London (UK), 33 folders; 20. RG-25.020*20, Paris (France), 116 folders; 21, Spain, 1920-1944 (Fond Spania, Vol. 27-28; Vol. 30-31); 22. Israel, 1920-1944 (Fond 71, Israel, Vol. 1-4), and other countries). Accretions of May and June 2019 organized by four groups: 1. Belgium (Fond 71, Belgia, 1920-1944, Volume 8); 2. Switzerland (Fond 71, Berna, 1920-1944, Volume 37); 3. Denmark (Fond 71, Danemarca, 1920-1944, Volume 6); 4. Sweden (Fond Suedia, 1920-1944, Vol. 8-12). Accretion of Oct. 2019 consists of: Fond 71, 1920-1944 Cairo, vol. 55 & 79; Fond Haga, 1938-1940 vol. 69; Fond Haga, 1934-1937 vol. 68; Fond Haga 1941-1946, vol. 24. Note: Some materials overlap previously acquired records.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Romania. Ministerul Afacerilor Externe

Subjects

  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Washington (D.C.)
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--France--Paris.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Russia (Federation)--Moscow.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Belgium--Brussels.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Vatican City.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Bulgaria--Sofia.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Serbia--Belgrade.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Germany--Berlin.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Italy--Rome.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Portugal--Lisbon.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Czech Republic--Prague.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Spain--Madrid.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Hungary--Budapest.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Diplomacy--Romanian.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Poland--Warsaw.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--England--London.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Netherlands--Hague.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Switzerland--Bern.
  • Romania--Politics and government--20th century.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Turkey--Istanbul.
  • Diplomatic and consular service, Romanian--Egypt--Cairo.

Genre

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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