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Finding Aid (English) http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Selected Records from the Romanian Information Service, 1936‐1984 RG‐25.004M 1993.A.0018 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Tel. (202) 479‐9717 e‐mail: [email protected] Descriptive summary Title: Selected Records from the Romanian Information Service Dates: 1936‐1984 Record Group Number: RG‐25.004M Accession Number: 1993.A.0018 Creator: Serviciul Român de Informaţii and other agencies Extent: 274 microfilm reels (16 mm) 1 microfilm reel (35 mm) 127,162 digital images: JPEG (44.4 GB) [Digital duplicates of microfilm reels #217‐265] Repository: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW, Washington, DC 20024‐2126 Languages: Romanian, Hungarian, Yiddish, Hebrew Administrative Information Access: Collection is open for use, but is stored offsite. Please contact the Reference Desk more than seven days prior to visit in order to request access. Reproduction and Use: Fair use only. Cite the Foreign Intelligence Service of Romania (SRI) as holder of originals. Documents, as well as the information contained within them are to be used solely for research and education for the purpose of establishing the historical truth regarding the events that 1 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection occurred in the period 1933‐1945. Knowingly using the documents in a manner that might infringe on the rights, individual liberties, and legitimate interests of the citizens of Romania, or prejudice the national security of Romania or its relations with third states constitutes infringement. Preferred Citation: RG‐25.004M, Selected records from the Romanian Information Service, 1936‐1984. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives, Washington, DC. Acquisition Information: The collection was copied from the Serviciul Român de Informații, SIR (Romanian Information (Intelligence) Service). The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the first part of the collection via the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum International Programs Division in in late 1992. Subsequent accretions received in 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, and 2015. Forms part of the Claims Conference International Holocaust Documentation Archive at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This archive consists of documentation whose reproduction and/or acquisition was made possible with funding from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. Existence and Location of Originals: Serviciul Român de Informaţii Bulevardul Libertăţii 14 D Sector 5 Bucuresti Romania; Phone: 011 40 21 4106065 Email: [email protected] More information about this repository can be found at www.sri.ro/ Accruals: Accruals may have been received since this collection was first processed, see archives catalog at collections.ushmm.org for further information. Processing history: Aleksandra B. Borecka. Scope and Content Note: Reports, lists, orders, correspondence, court documents, and testimonies relating to the surveillance of Romanian Jews (including Chief Rabbi Moses David Rosen), Jewish organizations, foreigners in Romania, and members of the Iron Guard (Garde de Fier) by the Serviciul Special de Informatii and other agencies; the special taxes, forced labor, and morale of Jews; the establishment of the Czernowitz (Chernivt︡s︠ i) ghetto; the deportation of Jews from Transylvania and other locations to Transnistria (Ukraine); the emigration of Jews from Romania to Palestine; Romanian Jews in concentration camps; massacres and pogroms carried out in Romania; the activities of the International Committee of the Red Cross and of other humanitarian agencies; war crime investigations; war crime trials of Ion Antonescu and others; and the surveillance of Zionists and other illegal Jewish organizations. Also contains information on Jews, includes card files, registration forms, and cards with the identification data for Jews. Some documents have photos of the individuals. Additional records accreted in 2007 contains the SRI’s personal file on Silviu Brucan, who was a political scientist and Romanian government official. Formerly a deputy editor of the newspaper of the Romanian communist party, in 1987 he became an opponent of 2 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection the Ceaucescu regime. Records accreted in 2015 contains: Interrogations of SSI leaders (Fond Penal): Eugen Cristescu (SRI FP/Bucuresti 48163‐4 volumes); Gheorghe Cristescu (SRI FP/Bucuresti 17474‐3 volumes)‐Iasi pogrom, photos of pogrom, history of SgkSI, Iron Guards, Antonescu Ion Lissievici (SRI FP/Bucuresti 25374‐36 volumes)‐SSI, pogrom Iasi, SSI and Eastern Front. System of Arrangement: Arranged in the following series: 1. Reports and correspondence of the Romanian police, Security Service (Securitate), Jewish Center in Romania (Centrala Evreilor din România), and Ministry of the Interior (Ministerul de Interne), 1936‐1944; 2. War crime trials, court investigations and decisions, 1946‐ 1948; 3. Records relating to Zionist movements and ant‐Semitism, 1948‐1984. All series include Jewish name lists. Indexing Terms Personal Name Antonescu, Ion, 1882‐1946. Brucan, Silviu, 1916‐2006. Rosen, David, 1912‐1955. Safran, Alexandre. Corporate Name Centrala Evreilor din România. Garda de Fier. International Committee of the Red Cross. Partidul Național Creștin. Romania. Ministerul de Interne. Shomer ha‐tsaʻir be‐Romanyah (Organization) American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Topical Term World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Concentration camps‐‐Romania. World War, 1939‐1945‐‐Atrocities‐‐Romania. World War, 1939‐1945‐‐War work‐‐Red Cross. Jews, Romanian‐‐Palestine. Forced labor‐‐Romania. Jewish ghettos‐‐Ukraine‐‐Chernivt︡s︠ i. Zionists‐‐Romania. Executions and executioners. Pogroms‐‐Romania‐‐Iași. War crime trials. War crimes. Jews‐‐Romania‐‐History‐‐20th century‐‐Registers. Holocaust, Jewish (1939‐1945)‐‐Romania. Geographic Name 3 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection Transnistria (Ukraine : Territory under German and Romanian occupation, 1941‐1944) Romania‐‐Emigration and immigration‐‐History‐‐20th century. Chernivt︡s︠ i (Ukraine) Iași (Romania) Genre/Form Census. Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) Correspondence. Registers. Reports. Testimonies. CONTAINER LIST Note: The inventory provided by the the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum volunteer and the Museum’s International Programs Division. Reel 1 File 9221 Volume # 1. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on forced labor and special taxes. 1943. 26 p. 2. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on forced labor special taxes and illegal correspondence with Transnistria. Establishment of the Jewish police in the Czernowitz ghetto. 26 p. 1943. 3. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on forced labor special taxes and emigration. 1943. 28 p. 4. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on forced labor special taxes and emigration. 1943. 26 p. 17. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on forced labor special taxes and emigration. Reports on repatriation of Jews from 1943 Transnistria and Fred Saraga's inspection in Transnistria. Report on the activities of the IRC in relating the rescue of the Jews. 1943‐1944. 71 p. 18. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on forced labor special taxes and emigration. Reports on repatriation of Jews from 1943 Transnistria and Fred Saraga's inspection Transnistria. Report on the activities of the IRC in relating the rescue of the Jews. Repatriation of 700 Romanian Jews from France. Repatriation of orphans from Transnistria. 1944. 51 p. 19. SSI reports on Jews and Centrala Evreilor. Reports on Polish refugees in Oltenia. Reports on Polish Jews 4 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection refugees from Hungary. 1944. 57 p. 20. SSI reports on Centrala Evreilor. SSI reports on Jewish emigration. Reports on the situation of the Jews under Hungarian jurisdiction. SSI reports on Zionists and the Red Cross. 1944. 44p. File 8958 SSI (?) Reports on Jews from Regat and Bessarabia. 1943. 13 p File 8978 Volume # 1. Police reports on Jews and members 1941 of the Iron Guard. Confiscation of radios from Jews. 1941. 111 p 2. Police reports on Jews from Regat. 1941. 15 p. File 9224 Police reports on the closing of the Jewish libraries and confiscation of books. 1940. 16 p File 9311 Police reports on members of the Iron Guard who tortured Jews during the Iron Guard uprising. 1941. 15 p File 9689 Volume # 1. Police reports on Zionists. 1940. 36 p 2. Police reports on Jews. Forced labor and disbanding of camps for hostages. 1941. 24 p File 9001 Volume # 1. Police reports on pro‐British Romanians and Jews. 1943. 208 p File 9684 Volume # 5 http://collections.ushmm.org http://collections.ushmm.org Contact [email protected] for further information about this collection 1. Police reports on the surveillance of the foreigners. 1948‐1949. 6 p 4. Police reports on Jews. 1941. 8 p 7. Police reports on Jews 1944. 3 p 8. Police reports on Centrala Evreilor. 1942. 8 p 9. Police (?) reports on Jews. 1940‐1944. 2 p 23. Police
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