Directorate of Internal Affairs of Bessarabia

Directorates were created on the basis of the Basarabian administration regulations of November 29, 1917, approved by the Sfatul Ţǎrii. In 1920 the directorates were transformed into general secretariats of Bessarabia, which, depending on necessity, functioned till March 1921. After that they were again reorganized into directorates. The basic functions of the directorates were to oversee the activity of the local public administration structures, institutions and organizations in the region. The directorates were abolished in 1923. Files on the issuing the permit to the resident of Marculesti, Ioffe Mendel, to open a cinema theater. Correspondence with the police prefectures regarding people deported for their anti‐Romanian propaganda. Identity cards of the agents of Siguranta [secret police] from Chisinau. The requests for being accepted to work for Siguranta. Information about publishing houses from Chisinau and their owners. Information about the teachers from Soroca district. Information about the functionaries of prefectures and subprefectures of Bessarabia. The lists of teachers from Soroca girls’ and boys’ technical gymnasiums who did not take the oath. Correspondence with Orhei district prefecture regarding the organization of the society “Protection of the orphans of war”. Information about the owners of mills, storage houses, and mills in Akkerman district. Public access, no restrictions on access Îndrumătorul Arhivei Naţionale a Republicii Moldova (partea II-a, 1918 – începutul secolului XXI, ediţia a II-a, revăzută şi completată). Chişinău, 2012: 15-16 Copies at USHMM RG-54.006M Restrictions on use. Fair use only. Use only for scientific purposes (not for commercial use)