Претура Овідіопольського району, м. Овідіополь Овідіопольського р-ну Одеської області

The fonds’ inventories are systematized according to the structural-chronological principle. Included are directives, instructions, and orders of the Romanian civilian and military authorities on restrictive measures regarding Jews located in the territory of Transnistria. A significant number of documents concern Jews located in ghettos and labor camps. Documents of the Romanian authorities regarding the conscription of Jews into forced labor include decrees of the governor of Transnistria on the mandatory work of Jews in Transnistria (1943); resolutions of the governor of Transnistria and correspondence with prefectures and gendarmerie posts on using local Jews and Jewish deportees in Transnistria as specialists (doctors, bookkeepers, workers) in institutions, enterprises, and factories in Transnistria, with the exception of Odessa (1942-43). The documents are in Romanian, Russian, and Ukrainian. Administrative and Biographical History These were district 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 praetors and subordinate to their respective county prefectures ; and in turn held jurisdiction over village and city primarias. The preturas’ functions included, among other things, the organizing of ghettos.