AUTHOR: George ENACHE, Alin-Marius SAVIN
DOCUMENTS REGARDING THE ACTIVITY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY, IN THE AREA OF GALAȚI REGIONAL DIRECTION OF SECURITY (1952-1660)
Danubius, XXXVI, Galaţi, 2018, pp. 235-288.
Abstract
During the first two decades of the Communist government, Zionism represented a major priority for the Communist political police (the Security). The persons who were particularly under survey were the Jewish religious leaders, suspected of promoting Zionist ideas and other standpoints favouring the United States, the great enemy of Communism.
The documents comprised in the present study reveal new pieces of information regarding the way the Security used to collect information from the Jewish community of towns such as Galați, Focșani, Tecuci, Brăila or Tulcea. They also convey new data regarding the situation of the Synagogues and of the Rabbis from the area of Lower Danube, during the first decades of the Communist regime.