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Title:

Jewish Schools of Cluj Collection

Description:

The documents in this collection were created by the staff and students of several Jewish schools in Cluj. The majority of material stems from the period 1940-1944 when the Jewish lycée operated under the Horthy regime and from the time immediately following the reestablishment of the community in 1945 and continuing until schools organized by religious communities were banned by the communist government in 1948. The material from the interwar period and Austro-Hungarian period is fragmented and represents only a handful of items. Please note that due to the changing governments and frequent shifts in legislation affecting educational institutes, these papers do not represent one Jewish school which operated continually over the period, rather they are papers from both primary and secondary institutes. There are also printed reports on Jewish schools in Miskolc, Târgu Mureș, and Oradea (Series III).
The collection comprises five series containing administration documents, registers, printed material, pupils’ schoolwork, and a group of documents selected at a former point in time by an individual within the Cluj community who separated these documents from the other material. For details on each of these series, please see the respective scope and content note below. The material ranges from lists of students including biographical details, budgetary documents, meeting minutes, photographs (rare), printed reports on the school, exams and even drawings completed by the pupils, and various papers related to the teaching personnel. For more information on the Jewish educational institutions in Cluj in the interwar period see the book Două Decenii: Evreii din Cluj în perioda interbeliă by Gidó Attila (2014), section 8.2.

Creator:

Cluj Jewish Schools

Date:

1904-1949

Extent:

3.8 meters

Language:

Hungarian; Romanian; Hebrew; German; French; English; Latin; Spanish

Provenance:

The documents within this collection were stored in various cabinets and wardrobes in the former Neologue synagogue (“Memorial to the Deportees Synagogue”) in Cluj until 2016, when they were processed by Leo Baeck Institute archivists and moved to the offices of the Cluj Jewish Community (Status 2019).

Access Rights:

Please contact the Cluj Jewish community for access.

Call Number:

Jewish Schools of Cluj Collection; box [xx]; folder [xx] (please see container list below for individual folder call numbers); Cluj Jewish Community

Bibliographic Citation:

Jewish Schools of Cluj Collection; box [xx]; folder [xx] (please see container list below for individual folder call numbers); Cluj Jewish Community

Repository:

Cluj Jewish Community; Strada Tipografei Nr. 25; 400101 Cluj România; comevcluj@upcmail.ro; www.facebook.com/comevcluj; www.comevcluj.ro; tel. 0040 (0)264 596 600

Container List:

Language: Hungarian; Romanian; English; French
Extent: .7 meters
Arrangement: Chronologic
Scope and Content: Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the present finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder. Please also see Series V, containing files selected at an earlier point in time by an individual within the Cluj Jewish community and deemed to be of particular relevance. This series contains a variety of information generally created by the school administrators. There is significant paperwork related to the budget and school staff, but also to pupil enrollment and relations with the governmental schooling authorities. The majority of the material is from the immediate postwar years (1945-1948) and may be very useful to scholars studying the reestablishment of Jewish community institutes, relationships with the non-Jewish authorities following the war, and tensions within communities of survivors.
Box Folder Title (English translation) Language Date
S-4 4 School board meeting minutes, related to annual school year Hungarian 1927-1930
S-4 6 Absentee register for classes II and III Romanian 1938-1939
S-4 7 Staff forms and various documents of teacher Freu Isac Ludovic Romanian 1939
S-5 5 Student forms Hungarian 1942-1944
S-2 2 Requests to register for admittance exams for class V-a or for special exams Romanian, Hungarian 1944, 1947
S-7 5 Class schedules, student booklets (grades) Romanian, Hungarian 1944-1946
S-6 5 Accounting documents Romanian 1944-1949
S-1 1 Registration requests for pupils (with educational background) Romanian; Hungarian 1945
S-4 1 Files and log for registering students in various classes Romanian 1945-1947
S-6 2 Requests to register for classes I-VIII-a Romanian 1945-1947
S-5 3 Student requests and certificates issued by lycée leaders Romanian 1945-1948
S-1 2 Pupil registration forms and correspondence regarding pupils, staff, school inspectors Romanian; Hungarian 1946
S-2 7 Documents related to payments for various school purposes Hungarian 1946
S-3 1 Documents regarding reopening of school; teacher applications; student requests Romanian; Hungarian 1946
S-3 2 Drafts of official regulations for the school supervisory committee and related paperwork Romanian 1946
S-5 6 Various school administrative documents Romanian, Hungarian 1946
S-3 5 “A short history of the Jewish Lycée of Cluj” (manuscript) Romanian; French circa 1946
S-2 5 Grade book with final grades for students of the Cluj Industrial Lycée Romanian 1946-1947
S-2 6 Request of teacher Elisabeta Silaghi from the Israelite elementary school to the National Ministry of Education regarding registering for exams Romanian 1946-1947
S-4 2 Student certificates on completion of school (Regina Maria school), approvals of ministry of education for exam registration Romanian 1946-1947
S-4 5 Documents related to the reopening of the school, list of professors, employee notifications Romanian, Hungarian 1946-1947
S-4 8 Monetary issues, payment slips for teaching personnel Romanian, Hungarian 1946-1947
S-7 3 Registration requests for different classes Romanian 1946-1947
S-5 4 List of students who have been removed and graduates of lower sessions Romanian 1946-1948
S-6 3 Registration log Romanian 1946-1948
S-7 1 Meeting minutes Romanian, Hungarian 1946-1948
S-7 2 Administrative documents Romanian, Hungarian 1946-1948
S-1 3 Correspondence regarding pupils, staff, school inspectors Romanian; Hungarian 1947
S-1 5 Announcement from Ministry of Education; Official Monitor (education publication?) Romanian 1947
S-2 1 Personal files of professors Romanian 1947
S-2 3 Lists of those who donated to the school Romanian 1947
S-3 3 Diverse correspondence received by Jewish school: requests for attendance/graduation confirmation from previous students/teachers; announcements of commemorations; inspectorate missives   1947
S-3 6 Paperwork primarily regarding budget, staff salaries, welfare for staff (bread, other material items) Romanian 1947
S-5 1 Diverse school administrative documents Romanian 1947
S-6 4 Documents of administrative and service personnel Romanian 1947
S-7 4 File of exam registration Romanian 1947
S-6 1 Medical forms for classes I, II, III and the industrial lycée Romanian 1947?
S-2 4 Pedagogical forms of the students Romanian 1947-1948
S-3 8 Staff salary charts (subjects and hours taught, taxes paid, etc.) Romanian 1947-1948
S-4 3 Schedules of activities, exam essays from various subjects Hungarian, Romanian, French, English 1947-1948
S-1 4 Correspondence from Ministry of Education; library inventory Romanian; Hungarian 1948
S-3 4 Diverse correspondence received by Jewish school: requests for attendance/graduation confirmation from previous students/teachers; announcements of commemorations; inspectorate missives Romanian; Hungarian 1948
S-3 7 Diverse correspondence related to school restructuring, staff, health of pupils, etc. Romanian 1948
S-5 2 Various school administrative documents Romanian 1948
Language: Hungarian; Romanian
Extent: 2.3 meters
Arrangement: Chronologic
Scope and Content: This series consists of pupil registers and curriculum catalogues for several different Cluj Jewish schools in the first half of the 20th century. There are only two registers for the pre-war period, there are a number of registers for the Jewish school which operated under the Horthy regime, and numerous registers for the school which operated from 1945-1948 including material related to both pupils and teaching personnel. For details please see the container content list below.
Box Folder Title (English translation) Language Date
S-R1   Immatriculation register Hungarian 1904-1922
S-R2   Immatriculation register, grades I-VIII Romanian 1929-1932
S-R3   Immatriculation registers Hungarian 1940-1941
S-R4   Logs of school fee payment by grade (various grades) Hungarian 1942-1947
S-R5   Logs of school fee payment by grade (various grades) Hungarian 1942-1947
S-R6   Class curriculum catalogues, grades Ia and Ib Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R7   Class curriculum catalogues, grades IIa and IIb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R8   Class curriculum catalogues, grades IIIa and IIIb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R9   Class curriculum catalogues, grades IVa and IVb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R10   Class curriculum catalogues, grades Va and Vb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R11   Class curriculum catalogues, grades VIa and VIb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R12   Class curriculum catalogues, grades VIIa and VIIb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R13   Class curriculum catalogues, grades VIIa, VIIIa, and VIIIb Hungarian 1943-1944
S-R14   Class lesson plan logs, grades I, IIa, IIIa, VIIa Romanian 1945-1946
S-R15   Grade registers: grades I, II Romanian 1945-1947
S-R16   Grade registers: grades III, IV Romanian 1945-1947
S-R17   Grade registers: grades V, VI Romanian 1945-1947
S-R18   Grade registers: grades VII, VIII and empty bindings Romanian 1945-1947
S-R19   Teacher attendance log; school fee and expenses logs Romanian 1946-1947
S-R20   Immatriculation register for private students; school archives inventories Romanian 1946-1948
S-R21   Class lesson plan logs, grades Ia, IIa, IIIa, IVa Romanian 1947-1948
S-R22   Class lesson plan logs, grades Va, VIa, VII, VIII Romanian 1947-1948
S-R23   School fee log; payment receipts and related charts; notebook with student absences (no grade indicated) Romanian 1947-1948
S-R23   Staff salary payment records Romanian 1947-1948
S-R23   Register of incoming and outgoing correspondence Hungarian; Romanian 1940-1941; 1945-1948
Language: Hungarian; Romanian; German; Hebrew
Extent: .2 meters
Arrangement: Chronologic
Scope and Content: This series contains several professionally printed pamphlets and brochures related to Cluj Jewish schools or other Jewish schools in the region. The “annual reports” can be very useful for supplying facts and background information on the structure and history of the schools, please note these exist for Jewish schools in Târgu Mureș (Marosvásárhely), Miskolc, and Cluj (Kolozsvár). Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder.
Box Folder Title (English translation) Language Date
S-S3-1 2 Laws and decrees, instructions, regulations, etc. Romanian; Hungarian 1921-1940
S-S3-2 2 Annual report of the girls’ school, pedagogic institute and girls’ lycée of the Orthodox Israelite community of Miskolc (A miskolci orth. izr. anyahitközség polgári leányiskolájának, tanítóképző-intézetének és leánylíceumának évkönyve) Hungarian 1940-1941
S-S3-2 4 Announcement of the National Israelite Institute of Teachers addressed to its members (Az Országos Izraelita Tanítóegyesület értesítője tagjaihoz) Hungarian 1941
S-S3-2 3 Annual report of Cluj Jewish Lycée for 1941-1942 Hungarian 1942
S-S3-2 5 Annual report of the Israelite school for boys and girls of Târgu Mureș Hungarian 1942-1943
S-S3-1 4 Mikraa Hei: Hebrew language and literature manual for class V-a, secondary school Hebrew 1945
S-S3-1 1 Emuna: Jewish religion and ethics manual for class VI-a, secondary school Romanian 1946
S-S3-1 3 Laws and decrees, instructions, regulations, etc. Romanian 1946-1949
S-S3-2 1 Brochure: Schwartz Menyhértné educational institute for girls (Oradea) Hungarian; German no date
Language: Hungarian; Romanian; Latin; German; English; French; Spanish; Hebrew
Extent: .4 meters
Arrangement: Chronologic
Scope and Content: This series contains schoolwork created by the pupils themselves. The overwhelming majority of the material comes from the school operating post-war. This material includes paperwork related to the taking of exams but also the exams themselves. There is one folder of drawings done by students. Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder.
Box Folder Title (English translation) Language Date
S-S4-1 1 Subjects for the baccalaureate in Latin language and literature Latin; Hungarian 1943-1944
S-S4-2 6 Chart of candidates for separate exams Hungarian 1943-1944
S-S4-2 5 Requests and exams for admittance to class V-a Romanian 1945
S-S4-1 2 Subjects for class III-a and VII-a Hungarian 1946
S-S4-3 8 Exams essays in German German 1946
S-S4-1 3 Charts of exams, exams (anatomy, hygiene) Romanian 1947
S-S4-1 4 Exams (history, religion) Romanian 1947
S-S4-1 5 Exams (mathematics, physic/chemistry) Romanian 1947
S-S4-1 6 Exams (natural sciences, geography, anatomy) Romanian 1947
S-S4-2 7 Exams for various languages Romanian; English; German; French; Hebrew; Spanish; Latin 1947
S-S4-3 5 Exams (natural sciences, geography, hygiene) Romanian 1947
S-S4-3 6 Exams (physics-chemistry, mathematics) Romanian 1947
S-S4-4 1 Exams (religion, history, politics, law, philosophy) Romanian 1947
S-S4-4 2 Exams for various languages Romanian; English; German; French; Latin 1947
S-S4-2 1 Exams (religion, history, politics, law, philosophy) Romanian 1948
S-S4-2 2 Exams (natural sciences, geography, hygiene) Romanian 1948
S-S4-2 3 Exams (physics-chemistry, mathematics) Romanian 1948
S-S4-2 4 Exams for various languages Romanian; English; German; French; Latin 1948
S-S4-3 1 Exams (religion, history, politics, law, philosophy) Romanian 1948
S-S4-3 2 Exams (natural sciences, geography, hygiene) Romanian 1948
S-S4-3 3 Exams (physics-chemistry, mathematics) Romanian 1948
S-S4-3 4 Exams for various languages Romanian; English; German; French; Latin 1948
S-S4-3 7 Student drawings   no date
Language: Hungarian; Romanian
Extent: .2 meters
Arrangement: Chronologic
Scope and Content: At some point in time in the post-war period, probably after 1990 and definitely prior to 2016, a member of the Cluj community sorted through the communal archival material and made selections of what he determined to be articles of particular interest. These were at one time removed to his private residence and later returned to the community. LBI archivists decided to leave this material as a separate series since it would have been complicated and speculative to insert it into the other series created before we were aware of the existence of this material. The material is also, thus, a selection of what one individual deemed to be particularly significant for the history of the Cluj Jewish community. Please note the files were sorted post-processing by date for the purposes of the finding aid, thus the list below is chronological but does not reflect folder order within a box. Please read carefully box and folder indications to locate the respective folder.
Box Folder Title (English translation) Language Date
S-K1 9 Group photos of class I from the Israelite elementary school Hungarian 1921
S-K2 6 Teaching staff forms (with personal background data) Romanian 1927-1947
S-K2 8 Certificates and attestations Romanian; Hungarian 1930, 1939-1949
S-K2 7 Meeting minutes Romanian; Hungarian 1933-1947
S-K2 16 Report and project papers regarding the Jewish orphanage of Transylvania Hungarian 1935
S-K2 5 Teaching and administrative personnel Romanian; Hungarian 1935-1947
S-K2 1 Inventory, school property Romanian; Hungarian 1936, 1946-1950
S-K2 17 Report of Jewish women’s society Hungarian 1937
S-K2 15 Grade books, school registration logs Romanian; Hungarian 1938-1948
S-K2 18 Birth certificates Hungarian 1940-1943
S-K1 11 Various document related to the school Hungarian; Romanian 1940-1949, 1959
S-K2 14 Teacher evaluation forms Hungarian 1941
S-K2 3 School taxes, accounting issues Romanian; Hungarian 1942-1949
S-K1 6 Hiring of teachers Hungarian 1943
S-K1 5 Student grade booklets (carnete) Hungarian 1943-1946
S-K1 10 Medical certificates for students Hungarian; Romanian 1943-1946
S-K1 4 Accounting documents Romanian; Hungarian 1943-1947
S-K1 3 Administrative documents Romanian; Hungarian 1944-1948
S-K2 9 Invitations, notifications Romanian; Hungarian 1944-1948
S-K2 11 School grade booklets (carnete) Romanian 1945-1947
S-K1 1 Student registration documents (often with photographs) Romanian; Hungarian 1945-1948
S-K1 2 Chart of teaching staff, lists of students Romanian; Hungarian 1945-1948
S-K1 7 Circulars of ministry of education Romanian 1946
S-K1 12 List of student deportees from the Jewish lycée Romanian 1946
S-K2 4 Various requests Romanian; Hungarian 1946-1948
S-K2 10 Lists of Jewish students Romanian; Hungarian 1946-1948
S-K2 2 Administrative documents Romanian 1946-1949
S-K1 8 Student drawings   1947
S-K2 12 Register of incoming-outgoing correspondence Romanian 1947
S-K2 13 Notebook of notifications for teachers Romanian 1947-1948

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