Selected records from collections of the Botoşani branch of the Romanian National Archives
Extent and Medium
digital images, JPEG
101 microfilm reels (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), Botoşani 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 (microfilm 1-40), in May 2010 (Microfilm reel 41-43), Jan. 2011 (Microfilm reel 41 - 89), and Feb. 2011 (Microfilm reel 90-93), April 2011 (Microfilm reel 94-97).
Scope and Content
Contains records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. The records were generated by the Botoşani district prefecture, the police of Botoşani, the mayor of the town of Dorohoi, the police of Dorohoi, the district Dorohoi district prefecture. Includes selected records from the Jewish communities of the following localities: Dorohoi (1931-1949), Săveni (1941-1948), Ştefăneşti (1945-1949), and Mihaileni (1945-1948). Contains also records from the Centrul National De Romanizare Botoşani and includes selected records relating to: aryanization of Jewish property in various locations from Botoşani district; agricultural land, mills; confiscation of property belonging to repatriated German citizens; reports of the National Commission of Romanization (CNR); confiscation and selling of Jewish and German real estate, properties belonging to Romanian deportees of Transnistvia; CNR personnel matters,; selling of goods resulting from demolition of Jewish properties; leasing of former properties belonging to Jews. Contains also records of the Jewish Democratic Committee of the District of Botoşani, 1947-1953 (CDE) (Puppet communist Jewish organization) and the Jewish Democratic Committee of the District of Dorohoi, 1949-1953, including activity reports and minutes of meetings. Also includes records from the Asociaţia Culturală Progresistă in Limba idiş (IKUF), 1947-1953, name lists of Jews from Mihaileni, surveillance of political parties, Zionist propaganda, maps and name lists of former Iron Guard (Garda de Fier) members.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Corporate Bodies
- Garda de Fier
Subjects
- Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
- Săveni (Romania)
- Zionists--Romania.
- Jewish property--Romania.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
- Hârlău (Romania)
- Dorohoi (Romania)
- Botoşani (Romania)
- Ştefăneşti (Romania)
- German property--Romania.
- Forced labor--Romania.
- Nationalism--Romania--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania.
- Mihăileni (Botoșani, Romania)
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României