Jewish Community of Romania Comunitati Evreiesti din Romana

Identifier
irn610264
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.283
  • RG-25.098M
Dates
1 Jan 1818 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

21,761 digital images, JPEG

20 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 (National Archives of Romania). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archival Programs Division in Sept. 2015.

Scope and Content

Records of the Jewish communities from Focșani, Bucharest, Giurgiu, Botoșani, Ploiești, Bîrlad, etc. and some Zionist organizations. Records reflect the situation of Jews from Bessarabia and Bucovina, discriminatory policies implemented by the government of Romania such as closing businesses, expropriation of properties, internment in camps, the situation of Jews in the Golta region, emigration of Jews from Romania, repatriation of Jews interned in camps in Transnistria, Germany, and Poland, and aid activities to Jews by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, or other Jewish organizations abroad, the emigration of Jews to Israel, and the activities of the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities and the Jewish Democratic Committee.

System of Arrangement

Arranged in three series in chronological order: 1. Activities of Jewish organization in Romania, 1818-1940; 2. Records of discriminatory policies towards Jews, 1940-1945; 3. Jewish emigration and immigration and activities of the Federation of Romanian Jewish Communities and the Jewish Democratic Committee, 1945-1949.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

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.