Префектура Балтського повіту, м. Балта Балтського р-ну Одеської області

The fond’s inventories are systematized according to the structural-chronological principle. Included are orders, circulars, and instructions of the Governorate of Transnistria and the Romanian Army command, and correspondence with various institutions on restrictive measures regarding Jews and their conscription in forced labor. Among these are reports of police praetors and agents on living conditions of Jews in the camps of Balta county (f. R-2358, 1942); etc. A considerable portion of the documents consists of lists of the Jewish population, including of Jewish specialists of Ovidiopol’, Odessa, and Balta counties mobilized in fulfillment of their labor conscription (f. R-2358, f. R-2359, 1941-42); of Jews and Gypsies located in ghettos in Balta county (f. R-2358, 1943-44); of those fulfilling labor conscription in Romanian military detachments (f. R-2358, 1943); of widows, orphans, and the disabled among Jews located in ghettos in Balta county; of decorated Jewish veterans of the First World War (f. R-2358, 1943); etc. A number of documents deal with financial issues. These include payment records for the salaries of Jewish craftsmen and specialists working in ghettos (f. R-2358, 1943); expense reports and receipts for monetary sums and packages sent by the Central Office of the Jews of Romania to Jews in the ghettos and camps of Transnistria (including those in the town of Bershad’ and the Bershad’, Balta, and Obodovka districts), and correspondence with preturas regarding the delivery of this aid (f. R-2358, f. R-2361, 1942-43). There is also statistical information on the number of Jews located in ghettos, and petitions on transfer from one ghetto to another (f. R-2358, 1944); etc. The documents are in Romanian, German, and Russian. These were county organs of Romanian executive power that functioned from 1941-44 in the occupied territory included in the newly-created Governorate of Transnistria ; they were headed by prefects subordinate to the civilian governor of Transnistria, and in turn held jurisdiction over district preturas , village and city primarias , and other institutions located within their respective counties, including gendarmeries and police departments.