Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Intelligence Service, 1936-1948

Documentation from the archives of the Romanian Intelligence Service, 1936-1948 Documentation from the Romanian Intelligence Service regarding the trials of Romanian war criminals. In the collection there is material from the Siguranta (Security Police), which was collected within the context of the trails of Romanian war criminals. The trials were conducted by "People's Tribunals" which were established and conducted in accordance with the regulations of Law No. 312 issued by the Romanian Justice Ministry, 21 April 1945. In addition to the legal material, there are many documents in the collection which were removed from the original files of the defendants in order to prepare the charges. The Siguranta was disbanded after the Communist rise to power, and it was replaced by the Securitate. This body was disbanded at the fall of the Communist regime, and replaced by the Serviciul Roman de Informatii (Romanian Intelligence Service), which submitted the material found in this collection of files to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, and copies [of the files] were transferred to Yad Vashem. Also in the Collection: Reports regarding Jewish organizations in Romania during World War II; surveillance reports of Jews from during the war; emigration of the Jews; protocols from the trials of Romanian war criminals: General Voiculescu; Alexianu, the Governor of Transnistria; Ion Antonescu and the members of his government; Legionnaires and members of the Gendarmerie and other bodies who carried out murderous acts and war crimes against the Jews during the war.