Selected records of the Romanian Ministry of Cults and Arts (Inv. 2720)

Identifier
irn40054
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.59
  • RG-25.061M
Dates
1 Jan 1939 - 31 Dec 1944
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn40054

Extent and Medium

4,733 digital images, JPEG

6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Archival History

Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Acquisition

Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.

Source of acquisition is the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives), Inventory no. 2720. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Program in May 2010, and the accretion in Jan. 2011.

Scope and Content

Contains records relating to the status of various Jewish communities from the old kingdom (Bessarabia, Bukovina, Transylvania, and Banat); correspondence of these communities with the Ministry; damages to synagogues and other religious property; the Iron Guard rebellion, conversion of Jews to Christianity including to Catholicism; and name lists of converts. Also contains records of the Ministry of Cults and Arts, including correspondence regarding the freedom of Catholics, Baptists and Jews, and sending of priests to Transnistria.

System of Arrangement

Arrangement is thematic.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Corporate Bodies

  • Garda de Fier

Subjects

  • Bessarabia (Moldova and Ukraine)--Ethnic relations.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania.
  • Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine)--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Romania--Identity.
  • Banat--Ethnic relations.
  • Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941-1944)--Ethnic relations.
  • Jews--Conversion to Christianity--Romania.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
  • Synagogues--Romania.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania.

Genre

  • Document
This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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