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Reference Type: Journal Article
Author: Carare, Liviu
Year: 2010
Title: Ghetoul din Cernăuți (1941). Mărturii privind procesul de triere a evreilor
Translated Title: [The Cernauti ghetto (1941). Evidence on the sorting of Jews]
Journal: Holocaust. Studii şi cercetări
Issue: 3
Language: Romanian
Keywords: Jewish minority, history, Jewish ghettos, deportation, Transnistria, economy, persecutions, military, authorities, Antonescu regime, antisemitism, holocaust
Abstract: (En) The Czernowitz ghetto established by the Romanian administration of Bukovina in October 1941 contained more than 50,000 Jews. The Romanian regime interned all the Jews of Czernowitz in a ghetto as a preliminary measure to their deportation to Transnistria. By mid-November, about 30,000 Jews were deported. The conditions created in the ghetto were horrible and unhealthy - usually cramped, dirty and with little food. To differentiate Jews and non-Jews, the Military Government of Bukovina forced the Jews to wear the yellow badge (Star of David). A death penalty was enforced on any Jew caught trying to escape or caught outside the ghetto. After the establishment of the ghetto relationships between Jews and non-Jews developed in a sort of trade: frightened by the imminent deportation the Jews were selling their personal items (currency, jewellery, furs, chinaware, crystals) at ridiculously low prices. The hidden death sentence - deportation, was possible only after the Romanian economic needs were satisfied. Thus, a sorting commission was put together. This is how the mayor of Czernowitz, Dr. Traian Popovici managed to persuade the Romanian military governor and General Antonescu to leave the remaining 20,000 Jews,
claiming that they were vital to the economic stability of the town. Thus, the actions of the commission were permanently subject of secret services inquiry and reports. The image of the Jews as reflected in primary sources - secret services, gendarmerie and police reports -is a part of a larger picture, showing the tragic and unfortunate events of the Holocaust in Romania.