Selected records from the State Archives of the Chernivtsi Region related to the history of the Jewish Communities of Northern Bukovina before and after WWII

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.38.1 | RG Number: RG-31.123

Overview

Description: The bulk of the collection contains prewar records (1918-1940) of various Romanian government agencies related to the socio-economic and political history of the Jewish communities of Northern Bukovina. It includes government permissions for the opening Jewish businesses and Jewish public organizations, payment of taxes, revocation of citizenship, surveillance of activities of various Jewish organizations, individual Jews as well as foreign Jews residing in Northern Bukovina; vital records, applications of Jews travelling abroad for foreign passports, criminal and civil court cases involving local Jewish population etc. This collection also includes records related to the history of the Jewish community under the Soviet administration (1940-1941) and immediately after WWII (1944-1947). These records provide information related to the confiscation of the Jewish property, persecution of members of religious and political Jewish organizations, "filtration" cases of Jews returning to Northern Bukovina after WWII, repatriation of Romanian Jews to Romania; records of the State Extraordinary Commission to Investigate Crimes Committed on the Territory of the Chernivtsi Region under the Romanian occupation (1941-1944), and other records.
Date: inclusive: 1918-1946

Language: Russian
Genre/Form: Certificates. Court records. Passports. Registers. Reports.
Extent: 2,764,968 digital images : JPEG ; 3.14 TB .
System of Arrangement: Arranged in three series: 1. Prewar records of various Romanian government agencies, 1918-1940; 2. History of the Jewish community under the Soviet administration, 1940-1941; 3. After WWII records, 1944-1947: Confiscation of the Jewish property, persecution of members of religious and political Jewish organizations, investigations of crimes under Romanian occupation (1941-1944)

Conditions on Access: There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
Conditions on Use: Mandatory citation of source archives as well as United States Holocaust Memorial Musem. Fair use only. No use for commercial purposes.
Copyright Holder: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania. World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania--Registers. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania. Jews--Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--History--20th century. Jews--Persecutions--Romania--History. Jews--Soviet Union--History--20th century--Registers. Jewish property--Romania--Registers. Deportation--Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine) War victims--Legal status, laws, ect.--Moldova. Trials (Crimes against humanity)--Soviet Union. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
Geographic Name: Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--Population--History--20th century. Chernivtsi (Ukraine)--History--20th century. Romania--Ethnic relations--History--20th century. Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944--Sources. Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.
Personal Name: Antonescu, Ion, 1882-1946.
Corporate Name: Soviet Union. Extraordinary State Commission to Investigate German-Fascist Crimes Committed on Soviet Territory Maccabi World Union

Holder of Originals: Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Derz︠h︡avnyĭ arkhiv Chernivet︠s︡ʹkoï oblasti (Chernivtsi Oblast State Archive). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the first part of the collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in 2017.