The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941–1942 : A Documentary History of the Holocaust in Romania's Contested Borderlands

Author/Creator:

Shapiro, Paul A., author

Publication/Creation:

Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2015

Format:

Book

Edition:

1st ed.

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Full Title:

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

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Moldova--Chișinău
Jews--Persecutions--Moldova--Chișinău--History--20th century
Chișinău (Moldova)--Ethnic relations

Description/Summary

Table of 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.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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"--
"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."--

Language:

English

Language Note:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (281 p.)

General Note:

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

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937338251702486

ISBN:

0-8173-8812-5

OCLC Number:

916524747