Record group 2024-12-02/12 - Selected records from the Romanian Ministry of Work, Health and Social Protection - Central Office of Romanianization (Aryanization)

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RO RO/INSHR-EW 2024-12-02/12

Title

Selected records from the Romanian Ministry of Work, Health and Social Protection - Central Office of Romanianization (Aryanization)

Date(s)

  • 1939 - 1944 (Creation)

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100 microfilm reels, 35 mm

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Archival history

Source of acquisition is the Arhivele Naţionale ale României (Romanian National Archives), Inventory: 2526, 2528, 2528. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection from the Romanian National Archives 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.

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Scope and content

Contains records of the Central Office of Romanianization (OCR) under the Ministry of Labor, Health, and Social Welfare, concerning the “Romanianization” of personnel of various private enterprises and “doubling” the practice of retaining fired workers to teach new workers. Included also are a proposal to accelerate Romanianization, explanatory memoranda, the structure and budgetary expenses of the OCR, a draft law on the Romanianization of staff in Northern Bucovina and Bessarabia, activity reports of the OCR to the Ministry of Labor, press clippings, and requests by refugees and other ethnic Romanians to be “placed” in various jobs. It also contains OCR correspondence with governmental bodies, businesses, and private persons concerning Romanianization.

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System of arrangement

Arrangement is chronological: Fond Ministerul Múnçii, Sānātātii si Ocrotirilor Social — Oficiul Central de Românizare, Reels 1-2: Inventar 2526 (1939-1940); Reels 2-29: Inventar 2528 (1943-1944); Reels 30-40: Inventar 2528 (1943-1944); Reels 41 -100: Inventar 2529.

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Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României

Language of material

  • Romanian

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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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Language(s)

  • English

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