Papers of the Pauca gendarme post

Collection

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

Postal address:: Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Sibiu, Strada Arhivelor nr. 3, cod 550164, jud. Sibiu, România

Scope and content:: This is a small collection chiefly containing orders, reports and other business and administrative papers regarding the daily activities of the post. Several of the items specifically refer to measures regarding the Saxons living near the post, their involvement with German forces and their deportation to work camps. A folder of correspondence (număr curent 1947-1) mentions Jews, but only to note that there appear to be no Jews in the area. The remaining documents in the folder consist of correspondence, primarily orders and circulars sent to the post concerning various tasks and activities to be undertaken. Often these have to do with agricultural matters, and there are also a number of notices about wanted individuals, escapees from detention and measures regarding the ethnic German and Magyar populations. What is of note, however, is that much of this correspondence is written on reused paper – for the most part, the versos of the orders are Hungarian-language documents dating to the late Austro-Hungarian monarchy, especially to World War I.

Archival history:: No information is provided as to when these papers were acquired by the National Archives.