Metadata: Police station Lupeni
Collection
- Country:
- Romania
- Holding institution:
- National Archives of Romania, Hunedoara county directorate
- Holding institution (official language):
- Serviciul judeţean Hunedoara al Arhivelor Naţionale Române
- Postal address:
- Strada Aurel Vlaicu 2, Deva 330005
- Phone number:
- 0040-254-213875
- Reference number:
- 14
- Title:
- Police station Lupeni
- Title (official language):
- Comisariatul de poliţie Lupeni
- Creator/accumulator:
- Police station Lupeni
- Date(s):
- 1923/1950
- Language:
- Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan
- Extent:
- 319 files
- Type of material:
- Textual material
- Physical condition:
- good
- Scope and content:
- The fonds comprises the files of the police station of Lupeni from 1923 to 1950. It includes orders of the superior police authorities, official correspondence with state institutions and private citizens, reports and information about the economic-social situation in the area, the state of mind of the local population especially the miners during and immediately after the Second World War, activities of different organisations and political parties, supervision of religious organisations and cultural events. The following files include Jewish references: No. 7/1941 - evacuation of the Jewish population from the mining area; No. 8/1941 - “Romanisation” of Jewish firms; No. 38/1941 - confiscation of radio sets from Jews; No. 1/1943 - forced labour detachments; No. 15/1944 - Jewish refugees from Northern Transylvania and Hungary; No. 19/1946 - Zionist organisations and emigration of Jews; No. 18/1947 - Zionist activities.
- Archival history:
- The fonds was in the custody of the Popular Militia of Lupeni, being transferred to the Hunedoara county directorate of the Romanian National Archives after 1989, where it was inventoried and made available to researchers.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The police station of Luoeni began its activity in the framework of the Romanian administration after the First World War and in accordance with the law for General State Police on the territory of all Romania issued on 12 July 1929. Its main responsibilities were to ensure public order and security in the mining area and to supervise the state of mind of the local population and the activities of political parties and organisations, in particular illegal Communist organisations and the legionary movement. During the Second World War the police was involved in the implementation of the antisemitic policy of the Antonescu dictatorship, especially the evacuation of the Jewish population and forced labour detachments and camps in the area. After 1945 police activity continued in the interwar framework, with special attention being paid to Zionist activities, until 1949 when the new Communist regime replaced the police with the so-called Popular Militia which functioned until 1989.
- System of arrangement:
- The fonds is organised in thematic files, within which the records are arranged in chronological order.
- Finding aids:
- Inventory no. 40, held by the Hunedoara county directorate of the Romanian National Archives.
- Yerusha Network member:
- Romanian Institute for the Research of National Minorities
- Author of the description:
- Attila Gidó, researcher, Institute for Study of National Minorities Cluj-Napoca - 2019; Ladislau Gyémánt, emeritus professor - 2019
