Selected records from the collections of the Brăila branch of the Romanian National Archives

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2012.43 | RG Number: RG-25.056M

Overview

Description: Contains the Prefecture of the District of Brăila records related to the "religious sects," nomadic Roma, confiscation of Jewish properties, ethnic Bulgarians, repatriation from Bessarabia and Bucovina (1940) from various subdistricts in Brăila, treatment of Jews, forced labor of Jews, deportation of Jews between Siret and Prut Rivers (1941), Iron Guard, forced labor of Jews in Lacu Sărat and Baldovineşti, name lists, local Aryanization activities (CNR), expelling of Jews from various institutions, travel authorizations for Jews, Jewish detachment of forced labor for road repairs, rights given to Jewish citizens (1946); the Legion of Gendarmes Brăila records relating to "religious sects," forced labor of Jews and trials of war criminals (1945); the Mayorship of Brăila correspondence with local Aryanization Center (CNR); the National Democratic Committee Brăila (CDE) correspondence relating to the CDE activities, reports, instructions, name lists of Jews emigrating to Israel, name lists of Jews who joined communist party, statistics of Jewish population in the city of Brăila, and registers.
Date: inclusive: 1935-1953
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: 22,417 digital images : JPEG ; 55.5 GB .
101 microfilm reels (partially digitized) ; 35 mm.
System of Arrangement: Arrangement is thematic. Organized in the following order: Inv. 8; Inv. 13; Inv. 2; Inv. 516. 13, 8. Series: 1. Prefecture of the District of Brăila, Reels #1-101; Series 3, Legion of Gendarmes, Reel #102; Series 4: Democratic Jewish.Committee, #103-106.

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--Confiscations and contributions--Romania. Jews--Nazi persecution--Romania--History. Forced labor--Romania--Lacu Sărat. Forced labor--Romania--Baldovineşti. Jewish property--Romania. Romani Genocide, 1939-1945--Romania--History. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania. Nationalism--Romania--History--20th century. War crime trials. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
Geographic Name: Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944. Brăila (Romania) Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)--Ethnic relations. Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) Romania--Registers.
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), Brăila Branch. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the Romanian National Archives via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in April 2012, and accretion in Oct. 2013.
Special Collection: Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive