Selected records of the Chancery, the Economic Section, and the Foreign Relations Sections of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party

Identifier
irn512283
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2002.128
  • RG-25.014M
Dates
1 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1997
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Romanian
  • German
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn512283

Extent and Medium

folders (300 pages of photocopies)

2

2,442 digital images, JPEG

6 microfilm reels (digitized), 35 mm

Creator(s)

  • Partidul Comunist Roma?n. Comitetul Central.

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). These documents were previously held by the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Archives Project acquired microfilm copies from the Romanian National Archives and transferr ed the film with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Aug. 2002, and accretion in 2016.

Scope and Content

Records of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party related to the emigration to Israel, the World Jewish Congress international meeting in Montreux, Switzerland; economic relations with Israel, and to the American Jewish Committee and Jewish Democratic Committee in Bucharest. The collection includes correspondence, protocols, minutes, and statistics of Jewish population and other documents related to Jewish question. This collection includes also 2 files relating to the arrest of young Jews involved in Jewish resistance against the Antonescu regime, 1942 (Fond 96, flies #655 & 664, paper copies).

System of Arrangement

Arranged thematically in four series. Organization is chronological within series: 1. Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party-Chancery. General documents 1948-1997; 2. Central Committee of the Romanian Communist-Economic Section. Holocaust, 1938-1943; 3. Central Committee of the Romanian Communist-Foreign Relations. Holocaust, Jewish question, 1938-1970; 4. Jewish resistance against the Antonescu regime, 1942.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

People

  • Antonescu, Ion, 1882-1946.
  • Vlădescu, Theodor.

Corporate Bodies

  • American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
  • World Jewish Congress

Subjects

  • Israel--Politics and government.
  • Executive departments
  • Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--History.
  • Communism and Zionism--Romania--History--20th century.
  • Communist parties.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania.
  • Romania
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Romania.
  • Emigration and immigration.
  • Palestine--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
  • Iraq--Foreign relations--History--20 century.
  • Jews--Romania--History--20th century.
  • Romania--Politics and government.

Genre

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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