The Filderman collection

Identifier
irn41855
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2010.217
  • RG-68.117
Dates
1 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1951
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Romanian
  • French
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn41855

Extent and Medium

219 digital files, PDF

5 DVD-ROMs, 4 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Wilhelm Filderman

Biographical History

Dr. Wilhelm Filderman was born in 1882 in Bucharest, Filderman studied law and served in the Romanian parliament. He also acted as chairman of most of the important Jewish organizations in Romania, such as the Federation of Jewish Communities, the Union of Jewish Communities in the Regat [pre-World War I Romania], the Union of Romanian Jews, the Joint Distribution Committee’s Romanian headquarters, and the Jewish Council.

Archival History

Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah

Acquisition

Source of acquisition is the Yad Vashem, Israel. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's International Archives Project (IAP) transferred microfilms to the Museum Archives in Sep. 2010.

Scope and Content

Contains the personal papers of Dr. Wilhelm Filderman, a leader of the Romanian Jewish community who was active in the rescue of his country's Jews during the Holocaust. Includes Dr. Filderman’s memoirs and book, as well as articles, reports, appeals, newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating to the persecution of Jews during the fascist regime, prewar and postwar Jewish organizations in Romania, and the situation of Romanian Jewry after the war.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Yad ṿa-shem, rashut ha-zikaron la-Shoʼah ṿela-gevurah

People

  • Filderman, W. (Wilhelm), 1882-1963.

Corporate Bodies

  • Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc

Subjects

  • Zionists--Romania.
  • Romania
  • Romania--Ethnic relations--History--Sources.
  • Jews--Romania--History.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
  • Romania--History--1914-1944.
  • Jewish committees (ushmm)
  • Antisemitism--Romania.
  • Zionists -- Associations, institutions, etc.
  • Jews--Persecutions--Romania.
  • Political parties
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Romania--History.
  • Jewish lawyers--Romania.

Genre

  • Document
  • Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
  • Testimonies.
  • Memoirs.
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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