Overview
- Description
- 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.
- Alternate Title
- Jewish Community of Romania
- Date
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inclusive:
1818-1940
- Credit Line
- 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.
Physical Details
- Language
- Romanian
- Genre/Form
- Correspondence. Reports. Registers.
- Extent
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21,761 digital images : JPEG ; 69.1 GB.
20 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
- 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.
Rights & Restrictions
- 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
- Fair use only. Use only for scientific purposes (not for commercial use)
- Copyright Holder
- Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Holder of Originals
-
Arhivele Naţionale ale României
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- 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.
- Special Collection
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Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-24 15:06:33
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- Terms of Use
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