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The files contains reports regarding demonstrations planned by the right-wing student movement, speeches made by leaders of the movement, anti-Semitic incidences, and other reports of similar nature.

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The file contains a variety of forms regarding individuals who served in the Austro-Hungarian army. Some are in German and appear to be the original certificates of service dating from the late 19th century to World War I. Other are in Romanian and created in 1935. There are Jewish, Romanian, and German soldiers. Though this is catalogued in Câmpulung Moldovenesc, the files all appear to be from Gura Humorului.

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In 1936 the police in Câmpulung created lists of all individuals who owned artisinal workshops, mills, shops, factories in the town. Due to the high percentage of Jewish residents in these occupations, there are many Jewish names on the lists, though the lists do not specifiy ethnicity.

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This collection consists of files created or maintained by the police authorities in Câmpulung Moldovenesc from the 1920s to the 1940s. In light of the significant Jewish population of the town, many or even most files may contain papers related in some way to Jewish residents. There are, for example, charts of artisans and shop-keepers; requests from organizations (Jewish cultural, religious, political groups) for permission to organize cultural events from dances to meetings to elections and so forth; files on suspected persons (including war-time refugees); files dealing with the revoking of Romanian citizenship from Jews; files from the Austro-Hungarian period with military conscript information; files dealing with forced labor or deportation to Transnistria during World War II. For details on these items and others, please click on any link below.

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The register includes lesson plans for various subjects, class lists, and information about the teachers. Most of the students are ethnically Romanian, though there are still some Jewish students.

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The register book is divided by class and lists each student by name and the grades received. No other information related to vital statistics (parents, birth information, residence) is provided. There are less Jewish students than prior to World War I, but there is still a significant Jewish presence.

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This collection contains six items from a secondary school in Czernowitz which existed at least from the 1850s to the interwar period. The school appears to have changed names several times over the years. Until the interwar period, Jewish students made up a significant portion of the student body. During World War II many documents from northern Bukovina were "evacuated" to southern Bukovina or elsewhere in Romania. This evacuation of documents was often incomplete and many documents have gone missing, which may explain how this collection ended up in Suceava and why it is so small, given that the dates span nearly a century. It is possible that other records for this school are held in archival repositories in Chernivtsi or even elsewhere in Romania. Please see below for details on the six items within this collection.

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This manuscript can be found within the collection of the Rădăuți Girls School Nr. 2. Though not specifically referring to the Jewish population it offers a fascinating reflection of the shifting realities in Rădăuți from the pre-World War I period until the end of the 1930s. Written more as a diary, it records events affecting the school including the breakout of World War I, epidemics, and Romania's unification. There are also pages with the signatures of pupils in each class. It appears to have been attended exclusively by Romanians and thus, if it really was part of school Nr. 2 (and was not miscatalogued), then it must have functioned in some way as a separate body as the other records from this school demonstrate a diverse student body. More likely, it was part of school Nr. 1 and was miscatalogued in the Nr. 2 collection

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This manuscript was created in 1883/1884 on the occasion of the 100th year anniversary of the German school in Suceava. Affixed to the first page is a booklet printed for the anniversary celebration. It recounts the festive events held for the anniversary and reprints the speech made by the school director, Michael Schwetz. This speech describes in some detail the founding of the school in 1784. Prior to this date there had been a small Romanian-Orthodox school and an Armenian-Orthodox school which trained the children mainly in religion. These schools were incorporated into the Stadtschule (city school) building, as it was called when it first opened, but they still operated separately, especially in terms of language of instruction. In 1815 a new building was constructed and new teachers were brought in, including, according to Schwetz ”a Jewish teacher for the Jewish children.” Later the Romanian-Orthodox school dissolved entirely and the students were incorporated into the German school. The Armenian-Orthodox school, on the other hand, separated and continued its classes in a different building as a private school. Schwetz then recalls various teachers over the years and also describes the high regard in which the school was held in the eyes of the entire southern Bukovina region. After Schwetz's speech a Romanian pupil wearing the national folk costume recited a poem praising the Habsburgs and other ceremonies honoring Maria Theresa, Josef I, and Franz Josef were held with poems being recited by four boys: a Romanian, Pole, German, and Armenian. The last page of the booklet is a fold-out page listing the names and religion of all the directors, teachers, and assistant teachers employed by the school from 1774-1884. Up until this time the staff was mostly German and Polish, though there are also Romanian, Armenian, and Jewish names. The booklet is available in full on this website. The handwritten part of the manuscript was probably recorded by the respective school director and reports on the ethnic make-up of the student body for each year, lists teachers, events in school life, and political events. The last pages of the book are set up as a staff register (not comprehensive) which includes the vital information for the teacher, their education, training, and past experience.

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The German school of Suceava was founded in 1784. The earliest archival records for the school date from 1883 when, on the occasion of the school's 100th anniversary, a ”school chronicle” book was started which gave the history of the school and recorded events affecting the school as they occurred (this Schul-Chronik is listed in our catalog as a separate item). The next items in the collection are individual class registers from 1894. Beginning with 1900 there are class registers for every year, though there are some gaps in the grades. By the turn of the 20th century, the school had a significant Jewish student body, in general it was attended primarily by German and Jewish boys. So, for example, in 1915 one first grade class had 61 students, of whom 26 were Jewish, 23 were Roman-Catholic, 7 were Greek-Catholic (Eastern Catholic), 4 were Protestant and 1 was Romanian-Orthodox. Of these 53 claimed German as their mother tongue (all the Jewish, Protestant, and most of the Catholic students plus, unusually, the one Romanian Orthodox pupil), 5 Ruthenian (Ukrainian), and 3 Polish. The other first grade class also had 61 students, of whom 27 were Catholic, 26 were Jewish, 5 were Eastern Catholic, and 3 were Protestant. Of these 56 claimed German as their mother tongue, 1 Ruthenian, and 4 Polish. The school was closed in the 1920s as a result of the Romanization measures introduced by the Romanian government.

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This trade school has records spanning 20 years. The records are primarily class register books or the main register book for the entire school. One of these school-wide register books (1928) contains only girls names, but it is unclear whether the school was exclusively a girls school or whether the boys register book for that year was lost. The school was attended by Romanian, German, and Jewish students. The registry records a student's name, birth date and place, parents' names, nationalities, and religion, elementary school attended by the student, whether and when they received vaccinations, town of residence, and grades.

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From the register book of 1923-1926, it appears that the majority of the students attending this school were Jewish. The registry records a student's name, birth date and place, parents' names, nationalities, and religion, elementary school attended by the student, whether and when they received vaccinations, town of residence, and grades. The collection contains such class register books for most years, as well as files pertaining to the school staff, reports and minutes of school inspections, and other related correspondence and statistical charts.

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This school appears to have originally been the a boys elementary school in Cernăuți (Czernowitz, Chernivtsi) and at some point in time during or after World War II it was relocated to Siret. The collection primarily contains minutes of the staff meetings but it also has other registers and files regarding school finances, accounts, and class catalogs. The minutes of meetings (procese verbale) recorded during the war period are potentially of interest.

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The Iacobeni school collection contains just one item, a manuscript describing the development of the Romanian school, which opened in 1871. Prior to that German language schools had existed since 1813. The manuscript deals primarily with matters of Romanian education and nationalism but also occasionally mentions the other ethnic groups in the small town. It also includes a history of the locality and records other major events affecting the community include the World Wars, unification, etc.

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This collections spans 125 years and consists of many hundreds of register books or files. From 1826-1890 the collection is not complete (there are records for 1826; 1827; 1828; 1838; 1840; 1850; 1863; 1865; 1866; 1869; 1875; 1877; 1879; 1882; 1886. Beginning in 1890 there are generally class registry books for every year and every class. Whereas in 1826 the pupils did not include any Jewish families, by the 1880s they made up a considerable part of the student body alongside Germans, Poles, Romanians, and Ruthenians. In 1900 for example, one first grade class had 55 pupils of whom 24 were Jewish, 17 were Roman-Catholic, 10 were Greek-Orthodox, and 4 were Greek-Catholic (Eastern Catholic). Of these 32 claimed German as their mother-tongue, 16 Ruthenian (Ukrainian), 6 Polish, and 1 Romanian. In 1915, first grade class "A" had 78 pupils of whom 43 were Jewish, 20 were Roman-Catholic, 14 were Greek-Orthodox, and 1 was Protestant. Of these 64 claimed German as their mother-tongue and 13 Romanian. First grade class "B" had no Jewish students.

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The school was attended by a diverse group of girls, included in the school-wide register book of 1925 are Germans, Jews, Poles, Romanians, and Ruthenians. The register records name, birth date and place, language, religion, class, grades, father's name, occupation, and residence. The records are fairly complete, with the exception of World War I years, each school year generally has every individual class record or a school-wide registry book (registru metricol). In 1915 first grade class "A" consisted of 61 girls of whom 35 were Jewish, 14 were Greek-Orthodox, and 12 were Roman-Catholic. Of these 47 spoke German as their mother-tongue and 14 Ruthenian (Ukrainian). First grade "B" had 64 pupils, of whom 28 were Greek-Orthodox, 25 were Roman-Catholic, 9 were Jewish, and 2 were Protestant. Of these 37 spoke Ruthenian as their mother-tongue, 19 German, 7, Polish, and 1 Bohemian (Czech).

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This collection contains record books for the third public elementary school for girls in Rădăuți. There are some gaps in the years and not all class registers exist, but nevertheless it is a fairly comprehensive collection. Prior to World War I it was attended virtually exclusively by German and Jewish girls. For example, the second grade in 1914 consisted of 94 girls, of whom 49 were Catholic, 44 were Jewish and 1 was Protestant. Of these 90 listed German as their mother tongue and 4 listed Polish. In the interwar years the classes are often broken into Romanian and German sections.

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The collection contains hundreds of class registers spanning 75 years for one of the three public elementary schools for girls in Rădăuți. The collection is comprehensive with few gaps in years or class registers. It appears that the majority of the girls attending this school came from Jewish families and the others from German families. For example, one second grade class from 1918 consists of 54 pupils of whom 30 are Jewish, 19 Roman-Catholic, 2 Protestant, and 3 Greek-Catholic (Eastern-Catholic). Of these 51 claim German as their mother tongue and 3 Ruthenian (Ukrainian). The other second grade class for that year consists of 56 girls, all of whom speak German as their mother-tongue; the religious breakdown is 28 Jews, 24 Catholics, 3 Protestants, and 1 Eastern-Catholic.

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This collection contains hundreds of class registers spanning a period of approximately 70 years for one of the three public elementary schools for girls in Rădăuți. The collection is quite comprehensive, there appear to be no gaps in years and few in terms of classes. Information contained in the registry books can include name and age of the pupil, father's name and occupation, address, religion, mother tongue, grades, absences, and other comments. Like Rădăuți, the school was diverse but particularly in its early years it was primarily attended by girls from German and Jewish families. After World War I the student population appears to become almost exclusively Romanian.

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This collection contains comprehensive registers by class for one of the three public elementary schools for boys in Rădăuți. Though there are some missing registers, most years are complete with separate books for grades I-VI. Beginning in the 1930s, the grades are divided into German and Romanian classes. Prior to World War II, it appears that the school was primarily attended by German and Jewish families. For example, in 1918 one second grade class consisted of 49 pupils of whom 31 were Roman-Catholic, 14 were Jewish, 3 were Greek-Catholic (Eastern Catholic), and 1 was Protestant. Of these 45 claimed German as their mother tongue (all the Jews and 30 of the Roman-Catholics), 3 Ruthenian (Ukrainian), and 1 Hungarian.

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This collection is for one of the three public elementrary schools for boys in Rădăuți. Reflecting the diversity of the town, the pupils come from a mixture of backgrounds, though the majority are German and Jewish. For example, in 1918 one third grade class consisted of 52 pupils of whom 32 were Jewish, 16 were Roman-Catholic, 1 was Greek-Catholic (Eastern-Catholic) and 3 were Protestant. Of these students 48 claimed German as their mother-tongue (all the Jews, 13 of the Roman-Catholics, and 3 Protestants), 2 Hungarian, and 1 each Ruthenian (Ukrainian) and Polish (picture). This collection contains only 7 record books for the years, 3 for the years 1918-1919 and 4 for the years 1919-1920.

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This collection is for one of the three public elementary schools in Rădăuți. Though it is catalogued as a boys school, in the first years at least it was attended by both boys and girls. This school was primarily attended by Romanian children, but reflective of the diversity of the town, there were also German, Jewish, and Ukrainian pupils. For example in 1903 one first grade class consisted of 46 pupils of whom 23 were Romanian-Orthodox, 15 were Roman-Catholic, 3 were Greek-Catholic (Eastern Catholic), 2 were Protestant, and 3 were Jewish. Of these 25 claimed Romanian as their mother tongue, 20 German, and 1 Ruthenian (Ukrainian). In later years it appears that the school became more exclusively Romanian. The collection is fairly comprehensive with few gaps in the years or class register books.

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This Romanian elementary school was founded in 1906. Originally it was attended primarily by Romanian children, but beginning in the 1920s, the German schools were closed and many Jewish children began attending this school as well. The class registers are quite comprehensive, it appears there are no gaps in years or classes. A cursory look at class registers from second grade classes in 1923 show approximately half the pupils being Jewish. Of particular interest is the register for grade II-B of 1922 which was organized as an exclusively Jewish class and is labeled as such (call number as cited plus Dosar 4/1922).

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As the main German school in Siret, this school had many Jewish students and teachers. Most of the items within this large collection are student registry books. The class register books contain the customary information for Habsburg schools: student name, birth date and palce, religion, mother tongue, father name, residence, and occupation, grades, and other comments. There are also registers containing exam information and registeries for staff. The staff registeries are replete with information including the teacher's name, birth date and place, religion (including whether secular or not), studies, languages, previous experience, and other comments.

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The pre-World War I register books are sometimes divided into Romanian and German school sections. The Jewish children are generally in the German school section. Information provided in the pupil registers can include pupil names, mother tongue, second language, birth date and place, residence address, name and occupation of the parents, when they entered the school, and religion.

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Like most schools in the region this boys school in Siret was attended by pupils of all ethnic groups and religions. There were many Jewish pupils. Of particular interest are the matrikulation books from 1939 and onwards. Many of the pages with the information on Jewish students includes a photograph as well. The matrikulation page records the name of the student, birth date and place, nationality, religion, father's name, occupation, nationality and citizenship, mother's name, and parents' residence. Below these vital facts are the classes taken and grades received.

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This high school was opened in 1872 and was known as the K. u. K. Staatsgymnasium of Radautz. After World War I, when Radautz became part of Romania, it was renamed ”Eudoxiu Hurmuzachi.” In the Austrian period students of all ethnic and religious groups attended the school, often travelling from other towns in the region. The collection contains matrikulation books from 1876-1918 without interruption. From 1927-1938 there are gaps and no record books, but a few documents relating to teachers. The matrikulation books contain the name and age of the student, place of birth, residence, religion, father's name, residence, and occupation, classes taken grades, and sometimes additional comments regarding behavior or absences.

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The collection contains 30 different registers for the Suceava trade school for boys including matriculation records, grade books, teachers record books, and receipts for diplomas received. Though the majority of the students at this school were Romanian, there were also many Jewish students and students of other Bukovina ethnic groups.

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The subtitle of this photo reads that to the side you can see the strikers from the village of Rădășeni.

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Photographs from number 120-135 appear to originate from a single album of photographs taken May 10th 1919, "National Day of Romania" (1866-1947). Many city representatives are pictured as well as the World War I hero, General Jacob Zadik.

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Photo of teachers of class 1899 at their 25th reunion (Școala normală Cernăuți).

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Photo of reception of King Ferdinand and Queen Maria in Ilișești.

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The photograph collection consists of various photographs and postcards donated to the National Archives branch of Suceava. For information on individual items within this collection of potential interest to those researching regional Jewish history, please see the below.

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This item is a 1938 calendar printed by agricultural equipment company Samuel Rosenberg. The calendar is similar to the one from 1934, but now does not include Jewish holidays, only Orthodox and Catholic (see "Calendar by Lazar Madfes", also in the Documents Collection).

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This item is a decision issued by the royal ruler (Rezident Regal) for the district of Suceava forbidding Jews to speak any language other than Romanian in public work spaces and outlining the consequences (loss of citizenship).

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This item is a poster publicizing ordinance nr. 4 which forbids printing or distributing brochures or pamphlets having to do with Legionnaires (Iron Guard) as well as forbidding gatherings of Legionnaires.

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This item is a poster announcing election times and procedure for Jewish community committee elections.

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This item is a calendar for the year 1934 issued by Lazar Madfes agricultural equipment company listing all holidays for Orthodox, Catholic, and Jewish religions.

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This item is an announcement from the Suceava Jewish Community regarding an upcoming public meeting.

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This item is an announcement from the Suceava Jewish community regarding the schedule for families to pick up matzah.

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This item is an announcement from the Suceava Jewish community informing those who wish to make matzah that they must receive a permit from the community, which is issued upon payment.

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This item is an advertisement for the Haoved-Hazioni Zionist party.

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This item is a poster announcing the guest performance of a Czernowitz theater troupe in Gura Humorului for April 1924. Names include the director E. Grünau, Paul Frank, Siegfriend Geyer, Curt Wongler, Hertha Wachsler, Leo Strassberg, Grethe Marbach. Poster is in German with Romanian translations.

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This item is an official announcement by the city council informing citizens of the death of Dr. Jakob Krämer, chief medical officer, and announcing time and place of burial.

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The photographs associated with manuscript numbers 45-48 include photographs from the 1980s of former students and staff of the Siret State Lyceum as well as photographs of students and staff from the 1920s-1930s.

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This manuscript and the four related manuscripts (Numbers 45-49) deal with the history of the Siret State Lyceum. All contents come from former students. The Lyceum was primarily a Romanian school but some Jewish students also attended. In general the authors refer little or not at all to the Jewish students, but their names are included and some of them may be found in the photograph album (cataloged by the Suceava archives as manuscript Nr. 49). The recounting of the school history and the two volumes of memoirs are quite extensive, these items will be interesting for users who are confident that relatives or friends attended this school or who are interested in researching the cultural and educational program of interwar Romania as it related to nation building. The photographs may also be of some interest for those studying Jewish assimilation to Romanian culture rather than German within the Bukovina.

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This manuscript and the four related manuscripts (Numbers 45-49) deal with the history of the Siret State Lyceum. All contents come from former students. The Lyceum was primarily a Romanian school but some Jewish students also attended. In general the authors refer little or not at all to the Jewish students, but their names are included and some of them may be found in the photograph album (cataloged by the Suceava archives as manuscript Nr. 49). The retelling of the history and the two volumes of memoirs are quite extensive, these items will be interesting for users who are confident that relatives or friends attended this school or who are interested in researching the cultural and educational program of interwar Romania as it related to nation building.

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This manuscript and the four related manuscripts (Numbers 45-49) deal with the history of the Siret State Lyceum. All contents come from former students. The Lyceum was primarily a Romanian school but some Jewish students also attended. In general the authors refer little or not at all to the Jewish students, but their names are included and some of them may be found in the photograph album (cataloged by the Suceava archives as manuscript Nr. 49). The retelling of the history and the two volumes of memoirs are quite extensive, these items will be interesting for users who are confident that relatives or friends attended this school or who are interested in researching the cultural and educational program of interwar Romania as it related to nation building.

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This manuscript and the four related manuscripts (Numbers 45-49) deal with the history of the Siret State Lyceum. All content comes from former students. The Lyceum was primarily a Romanian school but some Jewish students also attended. In general the authors refer little or not at all to the Jewish students, but their names are included and some of them may be found in the photograph album (cataloged by the Suceava archives as manuscript Nr. 49). The retelling of the history and the two volumes of memoirs are quite extensive; these items will be interesting for users who are confident that relatives or friends attended this school or who are interested in researching the cultural and educational program of interwar Romania as it related to nation building.

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The manuscripts collection consists of various manuscripts on a variety of topics that were donated to the National Archives Branch of Suceava. For information on individual items within this collection of potential interest to those researching regional Jewish history, please see below.

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