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The Filderman collection

Document | Accession Number: 2010.217 | RG Number: RG-68.117

Contains the personal papers of Dr. Wilhelm Filderman, a leader of the Romanian Jewish community who was active in the rescue of his country's Jews during the Holocaust. Includes Dr. Filderman’s memoirs and book, as well as articles, reports, appeals, newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating to the persecution of Jews during the fascist regime, prewar and postwar Jewish organizations in Romania, and the situation of Romanian Jewry after the war.

Date
inclusive:  1922-1951
Language
English
Romanian
French
Genre/Form
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
Memoirs.
Testimonies.
Extent
219 digital files : PDF ; 19.9 GB.
5 DVD-ROMs ; 4 3/4 in..

About This Document

Document Creator
Wilhelm Filderman
Biography
Dr. Wilhelm Filderman was born in 1882 in Bucharest, Filderman studied law and served in the Romanian parliament. He also acted as chairman of most of the important Jewish organizations in Romania, such as the Federation of Jewish Communities, the Union of Jewish Communities in the Regat [pre-World War I Romania], the Union of Romanian Jews, the Joint Distribution Committee’s Romanian headquarters, and the Jewish Council.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Holder of Originals
Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project (IAP) transferred microfilms to the Museum Archives in Sep. 2010.

Rights and 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
Requests for reproduction must be directed to the Yad Vashem. Researchers may not publish any records on Internet or any other publicly accessible on-line network without permission from Yad Vashem.

Copyright Holder
Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah
 
Record last modified: 2023-08-24 15:06:33
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