Metadata: Satu Mare Jewish Community Collection
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- Satu Mare Jewish Community
- Holding institution (official language):
- Comunitatea Evreilor din Satu Mare
- Postal address:
- Str. Decebal 4A, 440006 Satu Mare
- Phone number:
- +40 (0) 0261 713 703
- Title:
- Satu Mare Jewish Community Collection
- Title (official language):
- Colecția Comunității Evreilor din Satu Mare
- Creator/accumulator:
- Satu Mare Jewish Community; Regional Division for Jewish Property of the Federation of Jewish Communities (Serviciul Bunuri Federația Comunităților Evreești din R.P.R.)
- Date(s):
- 1945/1988
- Language:
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Hungarian
- Yiddish
- Extent:
- .9 metres (9 boxes)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- This collection contains only 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. The two series here, however, are also unique in that Series I, administrative documents, begins immediately after the war but ends in 1960. The location of administrative documents post-1960 could not be ascertained during the course of this survey. Series II is also unique in that the documents were not created by the Satu Mare 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. For more details, please see the scope and content note for Series II.
- Archival history:
- The documents within this collection were kept by the Satu Mare Jewish community. It is not clear when the documents were transferred to the community and why only this selection of documents exists. As of April 2019, this material was processed and repackaged.
- Subject terms:
- Cemeteries
- Jewish community
- Synagogues
- Access, restrictions:
- Please contact the Satu Mare 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/2761
- Yerusha Network member:
- Leo Baeck Institute