Please note that the inventory for this collection was missing in 2015, so the precise contents are not known. Two folders were requested, one dealt with the regional committee, as per the title of the collection; the other folder was from the Sighișoara committee. The folders contain meeting minutes, reports, surveys, and other written material created by the Jewish Democratic Committee for the region of Mureș (or Sighișoara). It is not clear how the region of Mureș differed from the county of Mureș (there is also a collection for the Jewish Democratic Committee for Mureș County). The committee had a wide range of responsibilities, surpassing basic political tasks. The reports and meetings record decisions about secular and religious holidays, the Jewish school, teachers, emigration matters, unresolved events (missing persons) from World War II, religious staff (butcher, teachers), cultural events, and general happenings in community life. There are surveys on the community, including data on community numbers, language, occupations, and so forth. There are reports on the surrounding towns and the respective population's receptiveness to communist ideology versus Zionism. There may also be speeches made by the leadership on holidays or for other gatherings. The collection may be of interest to those studying Jewish life in the immediate post-war period and especially those looking at questions of identity, Zionism, and Jewish roles in early communist Romania.
Creator:
Regional Jewish Democratic Committee of Mureș
Date:
1950-1953
Format:
Textual records
Extent:
.15 linear meters (12 folders)
Language:
Romanian
Provenance:
Unknown.
Access Rights:
Please note the inventory for this collection was missing in 2015.
Call Number:
Comitetul Democrat Evreeasc Regional Mureș; fond nr. 1101; inventar nr. 1324
Bibliographic Citation:
Comitetul Democrat Evreeasc Regional Mureș; fond nr. 1101; inventar nr. 1324; Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcția Județeana Mureș
Repository:
Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Mureș, Târgu-Mureş, Str. Crizantemelor, Nr. 8, cod 540073, jud. Mureş