This folder contains a collection of documents apparently put together by the Federation of Jewish communities. The documents testify to abuse of Jewish property or person in some way or record worrisome developments by the local police (creation of lists of men of males of working age). Included are documents from or about Radăuți, Suceava, Vama (Bukovina), and Făgăraș.
This folder contains a collection of documents apparently put together by the Federation of Jewish communities. All the documents testify to abuse of Jewish property or person in some way. Included is a testimony from Alba Iulia and a bill of sale (from a Jewish man to the Legionnaires) from Brașov.
This folder contains a copy of the minutes of a meeting held in Vatra Dornei in 1937 by the leaders of various student Zionist organizations in Romania. It appears that these leaders had already formed a Federation of Zionist associations and that the topics discussed were in reference to changes made to the statutes of this Federation as well as other matters. Though there is little context to the document, nevertheless various insights come through such as tension between the Transylvanian representatives and the Bucharest representatives and relative success or popularity of various Zionist organizations in different regions of Romania. The names of the regional leaders are also provided.
This folder contains statutes (a copy of the original) of the Sephardic community of Timișoara. Like other statutes, the contents generally regulate community life including membership, dues, elections, staff responsibilities, and so forth. Unique to these Sephardic statutes however, as opposed to the statutes of other communities, are the exclusatory clauses regarding membership (only Sephardic Jews or those married to Sepharic Jews may be members) and the strict tone absolutely forbidding the introduction of any changes whatsoever to the Sephardic rites and customs.
This folder contains the statutes of the Neologue community of Lugoj. The document appears to be a copy of the original; it is not clear when the copy was created. The statutes include all customary regulations of community life including member qualifications, dues, election regulations, staff responsibilities and so forth.
This folder contains pages from the statutes of the Jewish community of Făgăraș. The last pages are missing and as such it is impossible to date the statutes exactly, though they state that they are in accordance with laws passed in 1929, so they were made sometime after that date. The statutes do not explicitly state that the community is Orthodox or Neologue, but instead say it is an "autonomous congressional community based on the Shulchan Aruch" - this is generally the formulation used by Orthodox communities in their statutes. The statutes include all customary regulations of community life including member qualifications, dues, election regulations, staff responsibilities and so forth.
This document is an exact copy of the statutes in folder 1/1936 of the Jewish Communities of Romania collection. Please see that entry for a description.
This document is a copy of the original, which was dated 1936 (created) and 1937 (approved by government authorities). This copy (possibly a translation from Hungarian, though unlikely since the official language of the community is stated to be Romanian) was presumably created during World War II: the final page is stamped by the Office of Evacueated Jewish Communities in Timisoara and signed off as conforming [to the original]. Please note that this is a carbon copy of the document in folder 4/1937 of this same collection. It is not clear why the same document was processed twice under two different dates; they were clearly created at the same time with the same typewriter. The statutes include all customary regulations of community life including member qualifications, dues, election regulations, staff responsibilities and so forth.
Ths folder contains a copy (perhaps a translation) of the original statutes, dated 1929, for the "Western Rite" (ie. Neologue) community of Sânnicolaul-Mare. The last page of the document is stamped by the "Office of Evacuated Jewish Communities in Timisoara" and signed off as "conforming [to the original]" so it seems likely the document is a World War II translation of the original Hungarian statutes. There is no indication as to where those original statutes are, however, or the date of this translation. The original was written in 1929 and approved by the governmental authorities in 1933. The statutes include all customary regulations of community life including member qualifications, dues, election regulations, staff responsibilities and so forth. These statutes explicitly state that the community is a member of the Union of Jewish Communities of Transylvania and Banat (Unirea Comunităților evreești din Ardeal și Banat) and are approved by the Union of Western Rite Jewish Communities of Transylvania and Banat (Uniunea Comunităților Evreești de rit occidental din Ardeal și Banat). Most likely the same union was meant and the discrepancy in name is a translation error. The statutes appear to indicate that the respective Neologue community was the only community in Sânnicolaul-Mare. Conditions are included within the statutes that would allow a sub-community, of a different rite, to open a prayer house. Please also see copies of later statutes from the Sânnicolaul-Mare Orthodox community, founded in 1936. This document is also part of the main Jewish Communities of Romania collection.
This document is a Romanian translation of the original statutes from 1890. The translation is not dated, but it was definitely made after 1918 and probably before 1940. Please note this is a copy and not the original from 1890. The original statutes were presumably in Hungarian since they were submitted to and approved in Budapest. Also, similar statutes from the nearby Medias community are in Hungarian as well. The statutes include all such customary regulating of community life such as elections, member dues, community leadership, school administration, and so forth. Of particular interest is the outlining of power hierarchies in the nearby rural communities. Many nearby villages with "unofficial" communities are mentioned by name and required to report their civil records to the official community in Târnăveni. These include Cetatea de Baltă, Adămuș, Suplac, Coroisânmărtin, Bălăușeri, Deaj, Bachnea, Agrișteu, Cipău, Cucerdea româna, and Bun. The civil records for Târnăveni and the surrounding communities held in the Targu Mures national archives can be better understood on hand of this document.
The Jewish Communities of Romania Collection (sometimes also described by the Romanian National Archives as the Documents Collection of the Jewish Communities of Romania) contains documents created and received by Jewish communities and organizations functioning in Romania from the 19th century to the first half of the 20th century.
The documents until World War II are composed of a variety of items reflecting community life, including statutes, correspondence, reports, and membership lists. Documents from the World War II period generally address the plight of Romanian Jews during this period. This material includes reports on persecutions and expropriations, correspondence and other documents related to deportees, and emigration paperwork. The post-World War II material generally deals with the repatriation of Jewish deportees to the Romanian-organized camps in Transnistria, the welfare of survivors, emigration, and the activities of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania and of the Jewish Democratic Committee (communist Jewish organization). For the complete inventory list of the collection, please see this link (in Romanian only).
JBAT archivists surveyed folders containing material related specifically to Bukovina and Transylvania. For details on the contents of these folders, please see the list below and click on any link.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Records of meetings held for support and monitoring efforts undertaken in the district at different levels of work (Jewish nationalist, Hungarian, events, legionnaires, religious communities, sects, Bourgeois parties), on the manner in which activities of Service III (Serviciul III) were initiated and on the manner in which the tasks given by the ministry leadership were executed by the service.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: File on the problem of Israeli spionage in the district of Sighișoara. The history of the Jewish community, reports, the history of nationalist elements in the Jewish community, summary of the Zionist problem, the history of the Joint, chart of Jews from the district of Sighișoara, chart of citizens who received help from the Joint, records of the leaders of Zionist organizations, minutes or records of interrogations, plans of measures [to be taken], character descriptions of some informers, chart of informers (with code names), operational records, declarations, summaries regarding activities against socialist countries initiated by organizations and parties from Israel and the Jewish diaspora, decisions to close some files of informative espionage, plans of measures, reports on informative operational work.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: File on the problem of Israeli spionage in the district of Târnăveni. Decisions regarding the opening and closing [of the file?].
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: File on the problem of the Zionist movement in the Magyar Autonomous Region. Reports, personal identity documents, the history of international Zionism, the history of some local Zionist organizations, statutes of Zionist organizations in Transylvania, operational documents, records concerning Jews repatriated from the U.S.S.R. in the county of Mureș, informative summaries.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Minutes of the meetings of the governing board of the Jewish community of Târnăveni; the budget of the same for 1945.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads (please note no specific towns are mentioned in this description): Telegrams and ordinances regarding the evacuation of citizens of Jewish ethnicity and the punishment of those who rob or kill them; the context of the events taking place at Iași; documents regarding the Romanianization of some firms in the county of Târnava Mică.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: File on problems regarding the Protestant (German Lutherans, Hungarian Lutherans, Reform, Unitarians) and Jewish religious communities. The history of the Jewish religious community and of the Jewish problems, of the Reform community in the district and in all of Transylvania. Personal identity documents, character descriptions, autobiographies. Documents on the parochial committees of the Reform community and of dissidents/trouble-makers within the German Lutherans.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Chart of those of Jewish ethnicity repatriated from Bessarabia and Bukovina (in the counties of Mureș and Cluj).
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. Please note that two folders are catalogued under this call number. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Informative material regarding the Jewish population (charts, addresses, ordinances, informative memos); text outlining the purported historical development of "Chauvinist nationalist elements in the Jewish population".
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. Please note that two folders are catalogued under this call number. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Jewish nationalist organizations (Zionists). Notifications, ordinances, documentation [on] "The Jewish Problem" (1949); the history of several Zionist organizations; atmosphere amongst the Jewish population and nationalistic events from ranks of the Jews in the Cluj region, notifications, informative summaries.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: The Jewish community folder. Historic summary, report on the Jewish community of Cluj, informative memo, plans on measures to take.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: The Jewish community folder. Historic summary, report on the Jewish community of Cluj, informative memo, plans on measures to take.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Repatriated people. Instructions for the census of foreigners in Romania. Charts containing refugees from Bessarabia and northern Bukovina residing in the region of Cluj, Romanian citizens who left the country and refuse to return, Romanian prisoners coming from the USSR after 1945 and Romanian citizens who have submitted paperwork to emigrate to Israel; reports on the activities of agents stationed within the Jews of the Someș county and region of Cluj.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Nationalist organizations. Reports, memos, ordinances, charts, summaries, documents on the atmosphere of the Jewish minority in the region of Cluj and activities of Zionist groups and their leaders in the region.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: Nationalist organizations. Reports, memos, ordinances, charts, summaries, documents on the atmosphere of the Jewish minority in the region of Cluj and activities of Zionist groups and their leaders in the region.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: General summary created by the regional inspectorate of the Cluj Siguranță (pre-communist secret police) regarding the atmosphere and political activities, personal records of the Democratic Jewish Youth Front (Frontul Tinerilor Evrei Democrați, F.D.T.E.).
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: German parties and organizations - German-Saxon ethnic group deported to the U.S.S.R. Chart with Jews who requested to emigrate to Israel. Informational reports and summaries.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: community statistics, reports from the Făgăraș office of the Jewish Council of Romania (Centrala Evreilor din România), charts of the Jewish community, Joint assistance, repatriates.
Please note JBAT archivists did not survey this material directly. The folder description provided by the CNSAS inventory reads: folder dealing with the issue: organizations and extremist-terrorist groups or dissidents of the same who envision actions upon the territory of Romania - report on the opening of the file, chart with terrorist organizations of the following: Palestinians, Armenians, Kuds, Ethopians, Somalians, Sudanese, Libians, Iranians, Libanese, Jews, Congolese, West-Germans, Italians, French, Balkans, Iberians, Nordic [peoples], Asians, South-Americans, religious extremists.
The collection includes the paperwork and material collected by the Sibiu county Securitate (Romanian Communist Secret Police) offices under communism. There are several folders with material related to control or surveillance of unnamed religious groups, but no folders have titles specifically dealing with the Jewish population or religion. At the time of the JBAT survey (2015), the inventory for this collection was accessible only at the physical location of the CNSAS and only in digital form on the computers of the CNSAS reading room. The inventory provided no indication as to the linear extent of the collection and gave no additional details as to its history, content, or the number of pages in individual folders.
The collection includes the paperwork and material collected by the Mureș county Securitate (Romanian Communist Secret Police) offices under communism. The material includes select folders from the pre-communist period; these folders were presumably in the possession of the police and seized by the Securitate at some point in time. At the time of the JBAT survey (2015), the inventory for this collection was accessible only at the physical location of the CNSAS and only in digital form on the computers of the CNSAS reading room. The inventory provided no indication as to the linear extent of the collection and gave no additional details as to its history, content, or the number of pages in individual folders. The collection is large, over 1,000 files, and as such there are many hundreds of folders which are obliquely titled and may contain reference to Jewish residents. It was beyond the scope of the present survey to inspect the contents of all such folders. There are, however, a number of folders with titles specifically referencing the Jewish content. Several of these contain material from World War II and others contain histories of the local Jewish communities. For details on folders mentioned above and others with material clearly related to the Jewish population, please click on the link(s) below.
The collection includes the paperwork and material collected by the Cluj county Securitate (Romanian Communist Secret Police) offices under communism. The material includes select folders from the pre-communist period; these folders were presumably in the possession of the police and seized by the Securitate at some point in time. There are many folders which are obliquely titled or which may contain material related to Jewish individuals, for example, folders on emigrants, but the titles do not specify this. It was beyond the scope of the present survey to inspect the contents of all such folders. At the time of the JBAT survey (2015), the inventory for this collection was accesible only at the physical location of the CNSAS and only in digital form on the computers of the CNSAS reading room. The inventory provided no indication as to the linear extent of the collection and gave no additional details as to its history, content, or the number of pages in individual folders. For details on folders titled as specifically containing material related to the Jewish population, please click on the link(s) below.
The collection includes the paperwork and material collected by the Brașov county Securitate (Romanian Communist Secret Police) offices under communism. The material includes select folders from the pre-communist period; these folders were presumably in the possession of the police and seized by the Securitate at some point in time. There are many hundreds of folders which are obliquely titled or refer to a place or general content related to "minorities" or "religion" but give no indication as to the details of the contents. At the time of the JBAT survey (2015), the inventory for this collection was accesible only at the physical location of the CNSAS and only in digital form on the computers of the CNSAS reading room. The inventory provided no indication as to the linear extent of the collection and gave no additional details as to its history, content, or the number of pages in individual folders. For details on folders titled as specifically containing material related to the Jewish population, please click on the link(s) below.
The collection includes the paperwork and material collected by the Alba county Securitate (Romanian Communist Secret Police) offices under communism. The material includes select folders from the pre-communist period; these folders were presumably in the possession of the police and seized by the Securitate at some point in time. Unlike most county collections, there are very few folder titles which explicitly mention Jewish matters. There are many hundreds of folders which are obliquely titled or refer to a place (ie. Valea Lunga, etc) but give no indication as to the details of the contents. At the time of the JBAT survey (2015), the inventory for this collection was accessible only at the physical location of the CNSAS and only in digital form on the computers of the CNSAS reading room. The inventory provided no indication as to the linear extent of the collection and gave no additional details as to its history or content. For details on folders titled as specifically containing material related to the Jewish population, please click on the link(s) below.
This folder contains lists of Jews from various cities around the country who were deported to Transnistria as a result of infractions of forced labor requirements. The charts list the name of the individuals, address, parent names, and year of birth. The majority of the individuals in these lists are from Bucharest or other towns in the Regat. There are some shorter lists of individuals from Cernăuți, Timișoara, Alba Iulia, and a few other towns in Transylvania.
This entry is for multiple folders; each contains registration forms for a woman or women from Făgăraș recording their occupation and requesting exemption from forced labor. The women in these folders were employed by the Jewish women's organization. The documents may include birth details, occupational details, various references and recommendations, and often a photo of the individual. For the names of individuals applying, please see the National Archives online guide to this collection (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B54MeDlSJl3IMXVrTkFLMEhtVXM, only in Romanian) and consult the folder (dosar) number listed under the call number.
This folder contains two charts. One is from the Sighișoara Jewish community and contains the names of individuals with permits exempting them from forced labor. The chart includes the names, company for which they work and position, number of family members, salary, and other comments. The second chart is from the Mediaș Jewish community and is a list of individuals with professional licenses/permits. It is not clear whether this term was meant to be synonymous with permits exempting them from forced labor. The information recorded is the same as the chart from Sighișoara: name, company, position, salary, family members, other comments, but the list is over three times as long (135 from Mediaș, 40 from Sighișoara), though the Jewish population of Mediaș was larger than Sighișoara.
This entry is for multiple folders; each contains the paperwork for an individual from Sighișoara petitioning to be allowed to exercise their profession (with the support of their employer) and/or to be exempted from forced labor. The documents may include birth details, occupational details, various references and recommendations, and often a photo of the individual. For the names of individuals applying, please see the National Archives online guide to this collection (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B54MeDlSJl3IMXVrTkFLMEhtVXM, only in Romanian) and consult the folder (dosar) number listed under the call number.
This folder contains budget reports, charts, and related correspondence from the Jewish communities in Brașov (both Neologue and Orthodox) as well as from some of their ancillary organizations (women's organization, etc) and the community of Ploiești, evacuated to Brașov.
This folder contains a fragment (pages 3-4) of a document containing the names of the administrative staff and clergy of the Jewish communities in Hunedoara county. Hunedoara, Hațeg and Deva were presumably on the first two pages. The pages here are for the communities of Oraștie, Ilie, Brad, and Petroșani.
This folder contains budget reports and related correspondence from the Jewish communities throughout the county of Hunedoara, including Deva, Hațeg, Oraștie and Hunedoara. There may also be some papers or reports from smaller communities mixed in or attached to the larger communities.
This folder contains budget reports and related correspondence from various Jewish organizations (for orphans, the elderly, etc) in and around Arad as well as for smaller communities in the region or evacuated to Arad.
This folder contains the paperwork for numerous individuals from Alba Iulia applying for permission to exercise their respective profession and/or to be exempted from forced labor. The documents may include birth details, occupational details, various references and recommendations, and often a photo of the individual. There is also various paperwork in general regarding the position of the Jewish community of Alba Iulia and other supporting documents from companies who wished to retain their Jewish employees.
This entry is for multiple folders; each contains the paperwork for an individual or individuals from Hunedoara applying for permission to exercise their respective profession and/or to be exempted from forced labor. The documents may include birth details, occupational details, various references and recommendations, and often a photo of the individual. For the names of individuals applying, please see the National Archives online guide to this collection (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B54MeDlSJl3IMXVrTkFLMEhtVXM, only in Romanian) and consult the folder (dosar) number listed under the call number.
This folder contains lists created by the county office of Timiș-Torontal of Jewish men. The lists appear to be of men from whom papers of some sort have been taken away - perhaps papers authorizing them to work or run a business. They are ambiguously titled "lists of restituted files". Four lists are of owners, one of salaried employees and one of free professionals. The lists themselves contain only the file/folder number, name and address of the respective individual. All the men reside in Timișoara.
This folder contains various reports from communities and organizations around the country regarding their budgets in 1944. Included are several Transylvanian locations, including Timișoara, Lugoj, Alba Iulia, and others.
This folder contains correspondence, reports, and lists created by the Jewish communities of Hunedoara and Deva. The material deals with the evacuation of Jews from smaller towns in the county, staff of the communities, budgets, minutes of meetings, and so forth.