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Date(s)
- 1933 - 1950 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
19 microfilm reels, 35 mm
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Source of acquisition is the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives), Mureş Branch; Inventory: 57, 189, 309, 310, 415, 459, 884, 1110, 1323. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the United States Holocaust Museum International Archives Project in June 2005. A copy of this RG was donated to INSH RO by USHMM in 2006.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
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. 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.
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Scope and content
Includes records concerning Jewish matters and the policy of local offices toward Jewish questions. Contains orders to arrest war criminals, investigations into alleged war criminals, surveillance of nomadic Romanies, reports on deportation of Jews to Auschwitz, military taxes owed by Jews, surveillance of the Iron Guards, confiscation of Jewish property, treatment of arrested British and American POWs, and correspondence concerning the "Jewish problem." The collection contains selected records from the Legion of Gendarmes of Mures̜, the Mayoralty of Tirgu-Mures̜, the Prefecture of Mures district, the Prefecture of Târnava Mare, the Commissariat of Police in Reghin district, and from various other Gendarmerie headquarters. It also includes selected postwar records of the Jewish Democratic Committees of Tárnaveni in the districts of Tárnava Mică and Mureş, and containing one file concerns orders and regulations about expropriation from Jews and Bulgarians in 1941.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The system of arrangement of the source repository has been preserved in the microfilmed. Arranged in the following series: 1. Legiunea de jandarmi a judeţului Mureş, 1945-1949. nr. inv. 57 (Reel 1-7); 2. Avocatura Statului Târnava Mare, 1922-1944. nr. inv. 309 75 u.a.; aranjate de la 1 la 75. (Reel 7); 3. Legiunea de jandarmi Târnava Mare, 1933-1949. nr. inv. 330 (Reel 8-9); 4. Prefectura Judeţului Mureş. Prefect, 1942-1944. nr. inv. 459 (Reel 9-17); 5. Comisariatul de Poliţie Reghin, 1944-1949.nr. inv. 884 (Reel 17-19); 6. Prefectura judeţului Târnava Mare, 1921-1944. Inv. nr. 415 (Reel 20-21).
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Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Language of material
- Romanian
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României
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Subject access points
- Romania--Politics and government--1914-1944.
- Dileu Vechi (Romania : Județ)
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, British.
- Chiheru (Romania : Județ)
- Căpuşu de Câmpie (Romania : Județ)
- Târnava Mare (Romania)
- Batoş (Romania : Județ)
- Dămieni (Romania : Județ)
- War criminals--Romania--History--20th century.
- Acățari (Romania : Județ)
- Daia (Romania)
- Deda (Romania : Județ)
- Bulgarians--Romania--History--20th century.
- Criş (Romania : Județ)
- Romanies--Romania--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, American.
- Teaca (Romania)
- Bilbor (Romania : Județ)
- Harghita (Romania : Județ)
- Saschiz (Romania : Județ)
- Tárnava Mică (Romania)
- Gălăuţaş (Romania : Județ)
- Ernei (Romania : Județ)
- Vânători (Romania : Județ)
- Tîrgu-Mureș (Romania)
- Dumbrăveni (Romania)
- Râciu (Dâmboviţa County, Romania)
- World War, 1939 -1945--Confiscations and contributions--Romania.
- Corunca (Romania : Județ)
- World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Romania.
- Nationalism--Romania--History--20th century.
- Mureş (Romania : Județ)
- Sângeorgiu de Pădure (Romania : Județ)
- Damien.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania.
- Tárnaveni (Romania)
- Şincai (Romania : Județ)
Place access points
Name access points
- Comitetul Democratic Evreiesc (Subject)
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Language(s)
- English