Selected records from collections of the Braşov branch of the Romanian National Archive

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2010.62 | RG Number: RG-25.064M

Overview

Description: Contains postwar records of the Jewish Democratic Committee (CDE) of Braşov (a.k.a. Stalin), containing reports of meetings, name lists of members of the CDE, and name lists of Jews who returned from Transnistria. Also contains wartime records of local Braşov governmental organizations such as the prefecture, police, and the Legion of Jandarmerie. These include correspondence about the Iron Guard rebellion, name lists of Jews forbidden to return to Romania during the war, and correspondence concerning control of Jews and Roma, for example, case such as the confiscation of a radio. Also contains records from the town of concerning treatment of Jews during the war, and postwar correspondence concerning sects and Roma returning from Transnistria. Includes also records from the Prefecture of Făgăraş relating to: confiscated Jewish properties, card files (CNR), expropriation of the land of Brandsteter Ludovic from Soars on March 11, 1945, murders committed by Iron Guard after ceding of Transylvania, and appointed Mayors from the district of Făgăraş who were Iron Guards.
Date: inclusive: 1933-1953
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.

Language: Romanian
Extent: 25,031 digital images : JPEG ; 67.6 GB .
28 microfilm reels (digitized) ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Organized in the following order: Reel 1-14: Comitetul Democrat Evreiesc, 1946-1953. Fond 24, Inventory 1; Reel 15 :Legiunea de Jandarmi Braşov, 1930-1949. Fond 66, Inventory 24; Reel 16-19: Chestura Poliţie Braşov,1893-1949. Fond 63, Inventory 73; Reel 20-21: Prefectura Judeţului Braşov,1921-1950. Fond 2, Inventory 347; Reel 22: Poliţia Oraşului Făgăraş, 1921-1944.Fond 354, Inv. 475; Reel 23-24: Legiunea de Jandarmi Făgăraş,1926-1948. Fond 269-476; Reel 25-27: Fond Chestura Poliţiei Braşov. 1893-1949; Fond Poliţia oraşului Făgăraş. 1921-1944; and Fond Prefectura Fagaras, 1916-1949, Inventar No. 672 (only paper copy).

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

Topical Term: World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania. Jewish ghettos--Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944) Jews--Romania--Societies, etc. Romani Genocide, 1939-1945--Romania. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
Geographic Name: Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944. Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944) Braşov (Romania) Făgăraş (Romania)
Corporate Name: Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc Garda de Fier

Holder of Originals: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: Source of acquisition is the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives), Fond Chestura Politiel Brasov, 1893-1949, Inventar No. 73; Fond Politia orasului Fagaras, 1921-1944, Inv. 475; Fond Prefectura Fagaras, 1916-1949, Inventar No. 672.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program in May 2010, and accretion in Jan. 2011.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive