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

Identifier
irn518075
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2005.503
  • RG-25.034M
Dates
1 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1953, 1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1949
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

25,951 digital images, JPEG

63 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.

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), Vrancea 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 August 2005 (Reels 1-24), and accretions in 2007 (Reels 25-34), 2010 (Reels 35-59), 2011 (Reels 60-62), 2015 (Reel 63).

Scope and Content

Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. It includes selected files from the following organizations: District Prefecture of the Town of Putna (1938-1946)-includes records of the revision of the citizenship of Jews, the legal status of the Jewish Community of Focşani, the forced labor of Jews, the confiscation ofJewish properties, including radios, the surveillance of Jews, Jewish hostages, and permits for Jewish travel; Mayor's Office of Focsani (1941-1944)-includes records of the confiscation of Jewish properties, the relocation of Jews; and the Jewish forced labor; Focşany Police (1940-1944- includes documents of the surveillance of "Zionists", and the confiscation of Jewish properties; Jewish Forced Labor Detachment No.111, Soveja (1943-1944)- includes name lists of Jews working in this unit, orders, counter orders, sanitary conditions in the camp, and the name list of Jews sent to Transnistria; Jewish Democratic Committee of Putna (1946, 1948-1953)-includes monthly reports, activities, plans, and meetings; Jewish Community of Focşani (1921-1943)-includes records of the assistance for members, manufacture of matzos, the conversion to Judaism, and records of Jewish schools.

System of Arrangement

Organized in the following order: Reel 1- 14: Fond Fond Prefectura judeţului Putna, Vol. IV, 1932-1939. Inv. 4, Fond Prefectura judeţului Putna, Vol. V, 1940-1948. Fond 13 Inv. 4; Reel 15 - 18: Fond Primăria oraşului Focşani, 1930-1948. (Vol. III) Fond 8 Inv. 8, Fond Poliţia oraşului Focşani, 1864-1948. Fond 40 Inv. 184; Reel 19: Fond Detaşamentul de Evrei nr. 111 Soveja, 1943-1944. Fond 55 Inv. 206: Reel 20-21: Fond Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc Putna, 1946-1953. Fond 457 Inv. 514; Reel 22 - 24: Fond Comunitatea Evreilor Focşani, 1921-1943; Reel 25-28: Fond Comitetul Judeţean de Patronaj al Operelor Sociale - jud. Putna, 1941-1945. Inv. 213; Reel 29: Fond Comisariatul de Poliţie Adjud, 1913-1948. Inv. 280; Reel 30: Fond Comitetul de Refacere al comunei Soveja, 1943. Fond 419, Inv. 423; Reel 31: Fond Comitetul Judeţean Putna al P.C.R, 1944-1952. Fond 455, Inv. 512. Reel 31: Fond Comitetul Judeţean Putna al P.C.R, 1944-1952. Fond 455, Inv. 512; Reel 32: Fond Pretoratul plăşii Odobeşti, 1918-1950. Fond 46, Inv. 190; Reel 33-34: Fond Primăria oraşului Odobeşti, 1856-1950. Fond 48, Inv.192; Reel 35-57: Fond Central Naţional de Românizare C.N.R. Punta- Focşani, 1940-1945. Fond 56, Inv. 207; Reel 58: Fond Primăria oraşului Odobeşti, 1856-1950. Fond 48, Inv. 192; Reel 59: Fond Comisariatul de Poliţie Adjud, 1913-1948. Inv. 280. Reels 60: Fond Pretoratul plasii Odobesti , 1918-1950 Inv : No 190; Reel 61-62: Fond Primaria orasului Odobesti, 1856-1950, Inv: 194; Reel 63: Fond Primăria oraşului Odobeşti. 1856-1950; Fond nr. 48, Inv. nr. 192.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

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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.