Metadata: Office of the Prosecutor of the Cernăuți Court of Appeals
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Romania, Ilfov County Branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Arhivele Naționale ale României, Direcţia Judeţeană Ilfov
- Postal address:
- Str. Leaota nr. 2A, sector 6; cod. 061344; Bucureşti
- Phone number:
- +40 021 777 4993
- Email:
- ilfov@arhivelenationale.ro
- Reference number:
- Parchetul General al Curții de Apel Cernăuți (inv. 490).
- Title:
- Office of the Prosecutor of the Cernăuți Court of Appeals
- Title (official language):
- Parchetul General al Curții de Apel Cernăuți
- Creator/accumulator:
- Office of the Prosecutor of the Cernăuți Court of Appeals
- Date(s):
- 1940/1944
- Language:
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Extent:
- 214 units
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
Please note that collections held by the National Archives of Ilfov are highly fragmented due to the fact that they were evacuated from inter-war Romanian territory coming under Soviet control at the end of World War II. The material was held by disparate branches of the national archives around the country until the post-communist period.
This collection may be an exception as it is rather extensive (214 units) and appears to cover the war years comprehensively. The material is potentially of significant interest, though much of it may be classified and inaccessible without special permission. The collection is arranged by year. Each year generally contains numerous folders titled with the specific appeals case. There are multiple folders of cases bearing possible Jewish names or related to Jewish matters, for example, the mayor of Ițcani, Strobel, is accused of abuse of power (1940); Josef Fischer is accused of counterfeit (1940); a priest near Storojineț is accused of creating false baptism documents for Jews (1942). In addition to folders of individual appeals cases, there are numerous files of correspondence between this central appeals court and smaller courts throughout the district and several files on “Romanianisation” procedures in the region. Several files are declared confidential and others appear to use euphemistic titles, given the events taking place at the time, it is highly likely that many of these folders deal with expropriated Jewish property or other antisemitic actions taken by the state. Please note that time did not permit the surveying archivists to examine the contents of individual folders and thus no specific details can be given as to Jewish-related material, but in light of the significant Jewish population in the region and the relatively unknown nature of these holdings, almost all material originating in Bukovina is included in the catalogue.
Please note that, at the time of the survey, inventory numbers were not in use at the Ilfov archives. The inventories of collections from northern Bukovina were arranged by (interwar) county in folders. Numbers were pasted onto the cover, but archival staff did not treat these as inventory numbers, nor were they used to locate the inventories. These numbers are, however, provided here, in case protocol changes in the future.
- Archival history:
- This material was most likely evacuated from Cernăuți during or shortly after World War II. It appears to have been initially processed and maintained by the Suceava branch of the National Archives (processed 1987?). It was then re-processed in the post-communist period by the Ilfov branch of the National Archives in the course of measures to centralise documents from territories that are no longer part of Romania.
- Access points: locations:
- Bukovina
- Cernăuți
- Ițcani
- Storojineț
- Access points: persons/families:
- Strobel
- Subject terms:
- Antisemitism
- Antisemitism--Antisemitic legislation
- Crime
- Legal matters
- Plunder
- Access, restrictions:
-
Files related to individuals within this collection may be restricted.
The Ilfov archives are located on a military base and heightened security measures are in place. Visitors may be required to be accompanied by staff to and from the entrance.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Leo Baeck Institute
