Title:

Jewish Communities of Romania Collection

Description:

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.

Creator:

Romanian National Archives

Date:

1818-1959

Contains:

Format:

Textual records

Extent:

286 items (2.45 linear meters)

Language:

Romanian; German; Hungarian; Russian; Yiddish; Hebrew; English; French; Ukrainian

Provenance:

There is no indication as to when the documents became the property of the National Archives.

Call Number:

Colecția Comunități Evreiești din România; inventar nr. 3001

Bibliographic Citation:

Colecția Comunități Evreiești din România; inventar nr. 3001; Direcţia Arhive Naţionale Istorice Centrale

Repository:

Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Arhive Naţionale Istorice Centrale, Bd. Regina Elisabeta nr. 49, sector 5, Bucureşti, C-050013

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