Mayors of Communes

Collection

Holding institution (official language):: Державний архів Чернівеської області

Scope and content:: This collection consists of documents from the Rogizna Commune Mayor’s Office. It was established as parts of the Bukovina region transitioned from a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire to a part of Romania. This collection concludes in 1944 when Bukovina became a part of the Soviet Union and has a break from 1940-1941 when the fate of Bukovina became uncertain as the territory was passed between Nazi-allied Romania and the Soviet Union during WWII.

As Romania took over parts of Bukovina, debates arose whether to grant Jewish residents Romanian citizenship. This collection contains documents relevant to the citizenship question, specifically requests for Romanian citizenship from Jewish residents, appeals on citizenship decisions, stripping Jews of citizenship, and a list spanning 1918-1940 of all Jews with Romanian citizenship. These citizenship questions grew more urgent after Romanian allied with Nazi Germany in the 1930s and this collection contains a list compiled in 1939 of all Jews in the commune, with no distinction on whether or not they were Romanian citizens.

This collection also includes documents on the local government processing the legal affairs of local Jewish residents including arrests for petty crimes, issuing permits to open businesses, and distributing pensions to WWI veterans.

Archival history:: A commune is a Romanian jurisdiction consisting of a collection of small villages.

Subject terms:: Citizenship; Crime; Legal matters; Trade and commerce; War veterans