Metadata: Regional Jewish Democratic Committee of Mureș
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- National Archives, Mureș County Branch
- Holding institution (official language):
- Direcţia Judeţeană Mureș a Arhivelor Naţionale
- Postal address:
- Str. Crizantemelor, Nr. 8, cod 540073, jud. Mureş
- Phone number:
- +40 0265 235 064
- Email:
- mures@arhivelenationale.ro
- Reference number:
- Comitetul Democrat Evreeasc Regional Mureș; fond nr. 1101; inventar nr. 1324
- Title:
- Regional Jewish Democratic Committee of Mureș
- Title (official language):
- Comitetul Democrat Evreeasc Regional Mureș
- Creator/accumulator:
- Regional Jewish Democratic Committee of Mureș
- Date(s):
- 1950/1953
- Language:
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Extent:
- 0.15 linear metres (12 folders)
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- Good
- Scope and content:
-
Please note that the inventory for this collection was missing in 2015, so the precise contents are not known. Of the two folders that were seen in the course of the survey, one dealt with the regional committee, as per the title of the collection; the other folder was from the Sighișoara committee. The folders contain meeting minutes, reports, surveys and other written material created by the Jewish Democratic Committee for the region of Mureș (or Sighișoara). It is not clear how the region of Mureș differed from the county of Mureș (there is also a collection for the Jewish Democratic Committee for Mureș County).
The committee had a wide range of responsibilities, surpassing basic political tasks. The reports and meetings record decisions about secular and religious holidays, the Jewish school, teachers, emigration matters, unresolved events (missing persons) from World War II, religious staff (butcher, teachers), cultural events, and general happenings in community life. There are surveys on the community, including data on community numbers, language, occupations and so forth. There are reports on the surrounding towns and the respective population's receptiveness to communist ideology versus Zionism. There may also be speeches made by the leadership on holidays or for other gatherings. The collection may be of interest to those studying Jewish life in the immediate post-war period and especially those looking at questions of identity, Zionism, and Jewish roles in early communist Romania.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The Jewish Democratic Committee (Comitetul Democrat Evreesc) was founded in 1945, alongside similar committees for Romania's other national minorities. The committee was responsible for many aspects of local Jewish life, but had a clear anti-Zionist emphasis. More details are available at: http://mihaiflorinrazvan.ro/2013/11/comitetul-democrat-evreiesc/.
- Access points: locations:
- Mureș
- Sighișoara
- Yerusha Network member:
- Leo Baeck Institute
