Reghin Town Hall

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Direcţia Judeţeană Mureș a Arhivelor Naţionale

Reference number:: Primăria Orașului Reghin; fold 54; inventar nrs. 258, 259, 728

Scope and content:: Please note that this collection comprises three inventories: "Primaria Orasului Reghin" (1829-1950) with 704 items; “Sfatul Popular al Orasului Reghin” (1951-1955) with 111 items; and “Consiliul Popular al Orasului Reghin” (1950-1968) with 634 items. These titles reflect the changes of governmental organisation within the country. The present survey focused primarily on the contents of the first inventory. The material within the second two inventories deals largely with the restructuring under communism and rarely do the contents move beyond bureaucratic and administrative announcements and records. The first inventory, however, includes numerous files with information relevant to Jewish history. The collection contains material customary for a municipal authority including administrative and financial files, documents regarding permits and professions, and regulating schools, religious institutes and so forth. Specific to the Jewish population, there are files with material on synagogues, Jewish organisations, Jewish professionals and apprentices, and numerous files regarding Jewish citizenship or property of Jews who were deported or emigrated.

Archival history:: The collection was maintained by the Town Hall of Reghin until the 1970s, when it was acquired by the National Archives.

Subject terms:: Citizenship; Migration; Migration--Emigration; Real estate; Synagogues; Trade and commerce

Finding aids:: For details on the files in this collection and others with material related specifically to the Jewish population of Reghin, please see the record on the Leo Baeck Institute's JBAT website and click on individual folders for details.