Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1948 - 1958 (Creation)
Level of description
Record group
Extent and medium
one microfilm reel
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
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 transferred the film with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives in Aug. 2002. 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.
Content and structure area
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).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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 of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Holder: Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Language of material
- Romanian
- German
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
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Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum holds copies of Holocaust-relevant archives from Arhivele Naţionale ale României
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
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Access points
Subject access points
- Romania
- Israel--Politics and government.
- Executive departments
- Communism and Zionism--Romania--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Romania.
- Palestine--Emigration and immigration--20th century.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Holocaust Jewish (1939-1945)--Romania--History.
- Romania--Politics and government.
- Jews--Romania--History--20th century.
- Iraq--Foreign relations--History--20 century.
- Communist parties.
- World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Romania.
Place access points
Name access points
- World Jewish Congress (Subject)
- American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (Subject)
- Vlădescu, Theodor. (Subject)
- Antonescu, Ion, 1882-1946. (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English