The Compensation Files from Dâmbovița County in the Bad Arolsen Archives: A Quantitative Approach to Holocaust Victims under Romanian Rule
The Compensation Files from Dâmbovița County in the Bad Arolsen Archives: A Quantitative Approach to Holocaust Victims under Romanian Rule
Author(s): Petre MateiSubject(s): Oral history, International relations/trade, Nationalism Studies, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism, History of the Holocaust, Source Material, Politics and Identity
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studierea Holocaustului din Romania ELIE WIESEL
Keywords: Holocaust; genocide; Jews; Roma; compensation; Romania; West Germany; Cold War; Dâmbovița County; Bad Arolsen Archives;
Summary/Abstract: Hoping to obtain large amounts of hard currency from West Germany, with which they had just resumed diplomatic relations, the Romanian authorities launched a large-scale campaign in 1970 to collect 155,000 applications for compensation from victims of the persecution endured in the course of World War II. Although the West-Germans agreed to receive the documents, they refused to enter into negotiations. They invoked various arguments, including the fact that much of the persecution could actually be attributed to the Romanian State itself. The collection remained in Germany and is currently held by ITS Bad Arolsen, without yet receiving the attention it deserves.
Journal: Holocaust. Studii şi cercetări
- Issue Year: XV/2023
- Issue No: 16
- Page Range: 37-65
- Page Count: 29
- Language: English
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