In Dialogue with the Authorities: Petitions Referring to the Jews Deported to Transnistria, 1941-1944
In Dialogue with the Authorities: Petitions Referring to the Jews Deported to Transnistria, 1941-1944
Author(s): Ana BărbulescuSubject(s): Social differentiation, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Fascism, Nazism and WW II, History of the Holocaust, Inter-Ethnic Relations, Ethnic Minorities Studies, Politics and Identity
Published by: Institutul National pentru Studierea Holocaustului din Romania ELIE WIESEL
Keywords: Transnistria;petitions;ghettos;deportation;repatriation;
Summary/Abstract: Following the Jews’ deportation to Transnistria, the Romanian authorities at central and regional level began receiving a sustained correspondence, from as early as December 1941, from the families of the deportees and from those ghettoized in Transnistria. That type of correspondence peaked in the latter half of 1942, as the dramatic situation in Transnistria became known, and information on the deported reached the home-country. The stories contained in those petitions illustrate the arbitrariness of the deporting actions, the extreme life conditions in Transnistria, the set of arguments brought to the fore by the petitioners, and how the State authorities treated those administrative undertakings. All these aspects will be dealt with in this study.
Journal: Holocaust. Studii şi cercetări
- Issue Year: XIII/2021
- Issue No: 14
- Page Range: 311-337
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English
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