Metadata: Papers of the Saxon Society for the Care of Military Graves in Transylvania
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Romania, Sibiu branch
- 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
- Phone number:
- +40 269 208 519
- Web address:
- http://www.arhivelenationale.ro/index.php?jud=110
- Email:
- sibiu@arhivelenationale.ro
- Reference number:
- inventar 175, număr curent 172
- Title:
- Papers of the Saxon Society for the Care of Military Graves in Transylvania
- Title (official language):
- Fond Societatea Săsească pentru Îngrijerea Mormintelor de Război din Transilvania
- Creator/accumulator:
- Saxon Society for the Care of Military Graves in Transylvania
- Date(s):
- 1917/1944
- Language:
- German
- Extent:
- 2.10 linear metres
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- Although this organisation had a decidedly German nationalist bias and was affiliated with National Socialist movements, two items are of note for local Jewish history: a folder of materials on Jews in Germany (although not Romania) written from an antisemitic perspective and a list of grave sites of fallen World War I soldiers recording the number of graves per site, location and in many instances the ethnicity of the soldiers. Several Jews are among the soldiers, making the list a valuable resource for researchers interested in the history of Jewish participation in World War I. For details on these items, see the entry for this collection at http://jbat.lbi.org/, subfield ‘contains’, and click on any title.
- Archival history:
- No information is provided as to when these papers were acquired by the National Archives.
- Access points: locations:
- Transylvania
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Jewish soldiers
- World War I
- Yerusha Network member:
- Leo Baeck Institute
