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ORT Archive documents relating to Moldova.

ORT’s early work in what is today's Moldova spanned 1880s-c.1940. It returned to Moldova in 2001. The ORT online archive currently holds correspondence and reports from the 1920s to 1939 from areas that are now part of Moldova. More information on activities in Moldova can be found in the 1935-1937 reports submitted to World ORT's governing bodies and in the World ORT Report (formerly the ORT Yearbook). These can be found under World ORT. Our photo galleries include more from Moldova and a brief history of ORT's activities in the country is available here.

The letter to the Central Committee agrees with ORT Central Board's proposal to allocate $2000 to provide assistance to Jewish farmers in Bessarabia. The letter also provides instructions relating to the attached cheque.

Creator:ORT Bessarabia
Extent:1 page
Date:Wednesday, March 11, 1925
Language:Russian
Location:Moldova

Textual document.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:4 pages
Date:July 1925
Language:English
Location:Bessarabia

ORT Reconstruction Fund press release about Queen Marie of Roumania's visit to the First Bessarabian Exhibition, which ORT participated in. The King and Queen praised ORT for the high standard achieved in their schools.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:1 page
Date:27 October 1925
Language:English
Location:New York, USA

Financial report of the Orgeyev vocational school of ORT and Artisans' mutual savings society for 1926. Presents financial data reflecting the work of school and society, statistics on students, minutes of the review committee.

Creator:ORT Orgeyev (Orhei, Romania)
Extent:8 pages
Date:1926
Language:Yiddish
Location:Orhei [Orgeyev], Moldova

Bilingual (Romanian and Yiddish) announcement of opening of the professional school in Rezina, Bessarabia (Romania) with instructor Clara Shpanier, graduate of Kishinev Professional School and of dressmaking course in Vienna.

Creator:ORT Rezina, Romania
Extent:1 page
Date:1920s
Language:Yiddish
Location:Rezina [Rezina-Târg], Moldova

The meeting included Mr Itelzon's responses to all the items in L. V. Frenkel's work plan for the Trud School in Chisinau (see d06b487): heating issues; changing room setup; splitting one large classroom into two to allow for a different schedule setup - hands-on exercises in the mornings, class instruction in the afternoons; carpenter bench repairs; tools, equipment and drawings for students; tool storage setup for students; production results (bolts and screws for wine presses); painting classes; Yiddish language classes.

Creator:ORT Bessarabia
Extent:2 pages
Date:Tuesday, April 23, 1929
Language:Russian
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Written by Engineer L. V. Frenkel. Discusses maintenance and expansion plans for the school; equipment for students; school curriculum, holidays, accounting and reporting; fundraising; and promotional activities.

Creator:ORT Bessarabia
Extent:4 pages
Date:1929
Language:Russian
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Written by L. V. Frenkel, Engineer. Concerns a vocational college owned by the community of poor Jews. Discusses necessary repairs and their costs.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:5 pages
Date:1929
Language:Russian
Location:Bender [Tighina, Bendery], Moldova

Data for the previous year, mostly only issues that are relevant for the school. Data includes the numbers of students finishing education, dropping out and getting accepted, detailed information about those who finished the school and the teaching plan.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:2 pages
Date:1929
Language:Russian
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

The report by engineer L. V. Frenkel lists details about the changes in the number of students, the demand for places at the school, age of entry, social demographics of students and possible benefits such as scholarships. Discusses issues with certain instructors, theoretical subjects, refurbishment of the building, financial state and school budget, quality of reports, and the lack of important equipment such as books and albums.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:10 pages
Date:1929
Language:Russian
Location:Orhei [Orgeyev], Moldova

Discusses Syngalowski's visit to Romania and details of the ORT campaign there.

Creator:ORT Berlin
Extent:1 page
Date:1931
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Letter to Syngalowski. Informs about a 20% cut of subsidies, gives amount of subsidies for each ORT institution in Romania and asks about remarks on report of Jewish Reconstruction Fund.

Creator:ORT Berlin
Extent:1 page
Date:1931
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chernivtsi [Chernovtsy, Cernăuţi, Czernowitz, Tschernovitz], Ukraine

Covers activities in Chişinău [Kishinev], Orhei [Orgeyev], Bălţi [Belz], Bender [Tighina], Chistelnita [Kishtelnitsa], Rezina [Rezina-Târg] and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy [Akkerman].

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:6 pages
Date:1932
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bessarabia

Presents information on the courses founded in 1923, including financial data and information on students.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:4 pages
Date:1932
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:7 pages
Date:1933
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

The report is in lei currency.

Creator:ORT Bessarabia
Extent:2 pages
Date:c. January 1934
Language:Russian
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

The report is in lei currency.

Creator:ORT Bessarabia
Extent:2 pages
Date:c. January 1934
Language:Russian
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:8 pages
Date:1934
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bender [Tighina, Bendery], Moldova

Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:6 pages
Date:1934
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Report for the year 1933/1934 of the Ladies School for Sewing, Tailoring and Modelling in Bender [Tighina, Bendery], Bessarabia, Romania [now Moldova], March 1934. Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:7 pages
Date:1934
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bender [Tighina, Bendery], Moldova

Report for the year 1933/1934 of the Vocational School for Girls in Rezina [Rezina-Târg], Bessarabia, Romania [now Moldova], 30 April 1934. Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:7 pages
Date:1934
Language:Yiddish
Location:Rezina [Rezina-Târg], Moldova

Report for Beltsy [Bălţi, Belz]. Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:7 pages
Date:1934
Language:Yiddish
Location:Bălţi [Beltsy, Belz], Moldova

Report on a printed form with tables, including information on students, learning plan, information on personnel and faculty, financial report.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:7 pages
Date:1934
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

The report is about agricultural cooperatives in Bessarabia. The letter mentions sending 2 tables presenting statistical data on cooperatives by number of families, acreage and revenues, and by locality [d06d448], and gives an extensive detailed commentary to them.

Creator:ORT Kishinev (Chisinau), Romania
Extent:4 pages
Date:1935
Language:Yiddish
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Geographical areas listed - Bessarabia (Tigina, Chisinau, Bălți, Rezina, Orhei), Iași, Chernivtsi.

Creator:L. V. Frenkel
Extent:2 pages
Date:c. 1938
Language:Russian
Location:Moldova

The Jewish Reconstruction Fund has agreed to loan 1,000,000 lei to ORT Iasi. The letter instructs the Banca de Credit Roman Succursala di Chisinau to transfer the enclosed 2 identical packages containing 150,000 lei each (for a total of 300,000 lei) to Chisinau lawyer Mr Karol Steinberg.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:1 page
Date:13 July 1939
Language:French
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

The Jewish Reconstruction Fund has agreed to loan 2,000,000 lei to ORT Chisinau. The letter instructs the Banca de Credit Roman Succursala di Chisinau to transfer the enclosed five identical packages containing 150,000 lei each (totaling 750,000 lei) to Chisinau lawyer Mr Karol Steinberg.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:1 page
Date:11 August 1939
Language:French
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

The Jewish Reconstruction Fund has agreed to loan 1,000,000 lei to ORT Iasi. The letter instructs the Banca de Credit Roman Succursala di Chisinau to transfer the enclosed 3 identical packages containing 100,000 lei each (for a total of 300,000 lei) to Chisinau lawyer Mr Karol Steinberg.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:1 page
Date:26 August 1939
Language:French
Location:Chişinău [Kishinev], Moldova

Letter to Philip Block providing information on ORT programmes in Bessarabia. Mentions Chişinău [Kishinev], Bender [Tighina], Orhei [Orgeyev], Rezina [Rezina-Târg] and Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyy [Akkerman]. States that with the exception of Bender all activities took place in ORT owned buildings purchased with help from World ORT. Discusses having to help skilled workers establish their legal position and creating dormitory spaces to increase student numbers in existing schools.

Creator:ORT Moldova
Extent:4 pages
Date:8 October 1939
Language:English
Location:Bessarabia