Radăuți Jewish Community

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Country:: Romania

Holding institution:: National Archives of Romania, Suceava County Branch

Holding institution (official language):: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava

Postal address:: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Suceava, Strada Ştefan cel Mare nr. 33, cod 720003, jud. Suceava Romania

Phone number:: +40 230 531 572

Web address:: http://www.arhivelenationale.ro/index.php?lan=0&jud=111

Email:: suceava@arhivelenationale.ro

Reference number:: număr curent 65; fond 346; inventăr 111

Title:: Radăuți Jewish Community

Title (official language):: Comunitatea Evreiască Rădăuți

Creator/accumulator:: Rădăuți Jewish community

Date(s):: 1928/1953

Language:: Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan; Hebrew; Yiddish

Extent:: 200 units

Type of material:: Textual material

Physical condition:: good

Scope and content:: Although this collection contains two files of minutes from meetings of the Jewish community council of Rădăuți from the 1920s and 1930s, the bulk of the collection dates to the period after the liberation of the Transnistria camps and the postwar period. As such, much of the collection consists of letters, inquiries, meeting minutes, documents, and other materials pertaining to the reestablishment and rebuilding of the community, as well as the provision of aid. Among the topics addressed are the repatriation of community members interned in Transnistria and provision of food, medical, and clothing assistance, sometimes in coordination with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. The rebuilding or reestablishment of community institutions and buildings is also covered. In some cases new institutions are founded, such as a home for elderly people and a trade school for children who lost their parents in Transnistria. There is also a large number of requests for civil and vital records (stare civilă) and amendments and corrections to these records. The records also document day-to-day operations and functions of the community including religious and cultural affairs, including holiday services at the synagogue and a summer camp for children. There are also some lists of community members. Note that at the time of this survey (2013) the collection was closed for microfilming and thus this description is based on an inventory and not on consultation of the original documents.

Archival history:: Transferred from the Jewish community of Rădăuți to the Romanian National Archives, Suceava county branch, in 1957.

Access points: locations:: Bukovina; Radăuți; Transnistria

Subject terms:: Aid and relief; Internment; Jewish community; Jewish holidays

Yerusha Network member:: Leo Baeck Institute

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