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American Jewish Joint Distribution case files of Romanian orphans

Document | Not Digitized | Accession Number: 1991.A.0105 | RG Number: RG-25.001

Overview

Description: Contains 15 case histories relating to Romanian orphan children. Compiled by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee office in Bucharest, Romania, the histories contain information on deportations to Transnistria, the treatment of Jewish children in ghettos, and the care of orphans after the war. Also included are photographs of the children.
Date: creation: 1947

Physical Details

Language: English
Genre/Form: Photographs.
Extent: 1 microfiche.
Extent: 1 folder
System of Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name of child

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Conditions on Access: This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. No other access restrictions apply to this material.
Conditions on Use: Copyright held by The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Inc. (AJDC). The publication of AJDC records in any format requires the written permission of the JDC Archives. Users must apply in writing for permission to reproduce or publish manuscript materials found in this collection. The USHMM Archives will not provide a reproduction of microfilm reels to any third party but researchers can make copies of individual documents. Researchers should give a credit to the AJDC Archives in Jerusalem when citing documents from the collection.
Copyright Holder: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Keywords & Subjects

Topical Term: Jewish children--Romania. Jews--Romania. Deportation--Dniester Moldovan Republic. Jewish ghettos--Romania. Orphans--Romania. Holocaust survivors. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
Geographic Name: Romania--History--1914-1944. Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation,1941-1944) Bucharest (Romania)
Personal Name: Aronovici, Lica. Barbieru, Ghizela. Blumenfeld, Carol. Cojocaru, Etty. Eckhaus, Rudolphina. Goldstein, Herman. Goldstein, Rifka. Golub, Melitta. Jungher, Alexandru. Kurtz, Arnold. Kurtz, Filip. Safir, Marcel. Schmul, Paula. Schnitzer, Froike. Tenenhaus, Ghitta.
Corporate Name: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee

Administrative Notes

Holder of Originals: American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The materials were copied from the collections of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Archives in New York, N.Y. The original case histories were received from the Joint Distribution Committee in Bucharest, Romania, in Aug. 1947.

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