Metadata: Sighetu Marmației Jewish Community Collection
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- Sighetu Marmației Jewish Community
- Holding institution (official language):
- Comunitatea Evreilor din Sighetu Marmației
- Postal address:
- Str. Basarabia 8, 435500 Sighetu Marmației
- Phone number:
- +40 (0) 0262 311 652
- Title:
- Sighetu Marmației Jewish Community Collection
- Title (official language):
- Colecția Comunității Evreilor din Sighetu Marmației
- Creator/accumulator:
- Sighetu Marmației Jewish Community; Regional Division for Jewish Property of the Federation of Jewish Communities (Serviciul Bunuri Federația Comunităților Evreești din R.P.R.)
- Date(s):
- 1941/2010
- Language:
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Hungarian
- Yiddish
- Extent:
- 1.85 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection contains almost exclusively documents related to the post-war period. Like all Transylvanian communities that came under the Horthy regime during World War II, the fate of the pre-war documents is unknown but most likely the bulk was destroyed. Neither do these four series represent a comprehensive collection of post-war community documentation; the location of the bulk of the documentary material created by the post-war Jewish community of Sighet is unknown; it may also have been destroyed or lost. Nevertheless, the files here provide us with fragmented but valuable portraits of post-war Jewish life in rural Maramureș. Series I contains registers and photographs, many of these registers record details related to the immediate aftermath of World War II and the return of survivors from death camps and forced labour. Series II is unique in that the documents were not created by the Sighet Jewish community, but rather were transferred to the community at some point in time, probably in the 1980s and possibly even later. These documents were created in Oradea by the Federation of Jewish Communities’ regional division responsible for overseeing Jewish communal properties (“serviciul bunuri”). The documents comprising this series are of great interest, revealing details of survivor life in the post-war period, tensions between various administrative bodies (Jewish and non-Jewish), and the efforts made by this division to determine the fate of Jewish communal property. Series III contains administrative documents related to Jewish communal property within the town of Sighet itself and Series IV contains accounting documentation. For greater detail on the contents of each series, please see the respective scope and content note in the finding aid.
- Archival history:
- The documents within this collection were kept by the Sighetu Marmației Jewish community. As of May 2019, this material was processed and repackaged.
- Access points: locations:
- Maramureş
- Oradea
- Sighetu Marmației
- Subject terms:
- Holocaust
- Holocaust--Survivors
- Jewish community
- Real estate
- Access, restrictions:
- Please contact the Sighet Jewish community for access.
- Finding aids:
- The complete finding aid is available on the project website of the Leo Baeck Institute.
- Links to finding aids:
- https://jbat.lbi.org/items/show/2762
- Yerusha Network member:
- Leo Baeck Institute