Selected records from collections of the Caraş-Severin branch of the Romanian National Archive
Extent and Medium
2,939 digital images, JPEG
5 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) Caraş-Severin branch, Fond Comisariatul de Poliţie Orşova,1929-1948, Inv. 190; Fond Pretura Plăşii Bozovici, 1915-1950; Inv: 241; Fond Comisariatul de Poliţie Anina,1935-1949 Inv: 246; Fond Comisariatul de Poliţie Băile Herculane, 1936-1949, Inv. 1386; Fond Pretura Plăşii Caransebeş, 1921-1950, Inv. 333; The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the collection from the Romanian National Archives, via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s International Archives Project in January 2011.
Scope and Content
Contains records from the sub-district of Bozovici and includes records relating to the confiscation of Baptist prayer houses. Also includes records from the Police commissariat of Anina relating to orders concerning the capture of war criminals and thieves, goods of war criminals, and real estate. Also contains records from the Police commissariat of Orsova relating to orders concerning prohibition of peasants/ farmers to enter Jewish homes, and records from the Police from Baile Herculane of orders concerning German and Hungarian minorities, Hungarian terrorists, German spies, forced labor of Jews, and surveillance of Zionists. Additionally, collection includes records from the sub-district of Caransebes relating to name lists of various members of ethnic groups, mixed marriages, revisionism of Jewish citizenship, Hungarian and Nazi propaganda, confiscation of Jewish goods, naturalization of Isaac Goldstein who left for Jerusalem, repatriation of Jewish citizens from Palestine, surveillance of Baptists, and re-inscription of names of Jews that had been removed from public monuments.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Subjects
- Forced labor--Romania--History--20th century.
- Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
- Jewish property--Romania.
- Terrorists--Romania.
- Zionism--Romania.
- World War, 1939-1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania.
- War criminals--Romania.
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României