Selected records from the collections of the Maramureş branch of the Romanian National Archives
Extent and Medium
316 digital images, JPEG
1 microfilm reel (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), Maramureş branch, Fond Prefectura Judeţului Maramureş, 1946, Inv. 308. 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 Prefecture of the District of Maramureş including orders of the Ministries of Interior and Defense concerning the rights of Jews, as well as the approval from the Ministry of Interior for the activites of a Mizrahi Zionist organization in Sighet. Also contains documents concerning bandits from Viseul de Sus.
System of Arrangement
Arrangement is thematic.
Conditions Governing Reproduction
Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Corporate Bodies
- Mizrachi
- World Hashomer Hatzair
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
- Maramureş (Romania)
- Sighet (Romania)
- Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
- Zionists--Romania.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania.
- Vişeu de Sus (Romania)
Genre
- Document
Copies
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României