The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941–1942 : A Documentary History of the Holocaust in Romania's Contested Borderlands / Paul A. Shapiro ; with chronology by Radu Ioanid and Brewster Chamberlin ; document translations by Angela Jianu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shapiro, Paul A., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moldova--Chișinău.

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).

Jews--Persecutions--Moldova--Chișinău--History--20th century.

Jews.

Chișinău (Moldova)--Ethnic relations.

Chișinău (Moldova).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941-1942 offers a wealth of primary sources and insightful commentary about the little-known slaughter of Jewish residents of Kishinev (Chisinau) under the military occupation of Romania by Marshal Ion Antonescu, a Hitler ally"-- Provided by publisher.

"The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941-1942 sheds new light on the little-known historical events surrounding the creation, administration, and liquidation of the Kishinev (Chisinau) ghetto during the first months following the Axis attack on the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in late June 1941. Mass killings during the combined Romanian-German drive toward Kishinev in Bessarabia, after a year of Soviet rule in this Romanian border province, were followed by the shooting of thousands of Jews on the streets of the city during the first days of reestablished Romanian administration. Survivors were driven into a ghetto, persecuted, and liquidated by year's end. The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941-1942 is the first major study of these events. Often overshadowed by events in Germany and Poland, the history of the Holocaust in Romania, including what took place in Bessarabia (corresponding in large part with the territory of the modern Republic of Moldova), was obscured during decades of communist rule, denial, and policies that blocked access to wartime documentation. This book is the result of a lengthy research project that began with Paul A. Shapiro's travels to Romania for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to negotiate access to these documents."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

Note on the Citation and Translation of the Documents

The Chişinău (Kishinev) Ghetto, 1941-1942: Creation, Administration, Liquidation - Paul A. Shapiro

Prologue: Documenting the Tragedy

Chişinău Reoccupied

"Curăţirea Terenului": Cleansing the Terrain

Chişinău Ghetto: Creation and Administration

Population of the Ghetto

The Massacres of Visterniceni and Ghidighici

Control of Ghetto Access and Egress

Escapes

Forced Labor

Deportation Orders

Final Preparations, Final Appeals

Liquidation of the Chişinău Ghetto

The Final Extortion: Corruption from the Top Down

The Aftermath

"Organized Plunder": Theft of Jewish Property and State Confiscations

Cleaning Up: Final Acts and Final Inhumanities, 1942

The End: Transnistria

Notes

Chronology of the Chişinău Ghetto and the Romanian Occupation of Bessarabia, 1941-1942

The Documents

Index

Photographs.

Notes:

"Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum".

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8173-8812-5

OCLC:

916524747