Despre antisemitism la mica publicitate în cotidianele regimului Ion Antonescu. Studiu de caz: Tulcea, septembrie 1940-august 1944
On antisemitism in classified advertisements in the daily newspapers of the Ion Antonescu regime. Case study: Tulcea, september 1940 – august 1944

Summary/Abstract: Among the Jewish communities of Romania, those in Dobruja were numerically the smallest after 1918, and according to the census conducted on April 6, 1941, under the Antonescu regime: a total of 2,885 individuals in the two counties, of whom 2,347 resided in the city of Constanța and 760 in Tulcea County. Nevertheless, the impact of antisemitic actions—driven by legislation, ideology, state institutions, and prevailing social attitudes—was no different from that experienced in other historical regions of the country during the period from September 6, 1940, to August 23, 1944. The Jewish community of Tulcea County was the oldest in Dobruja, with documented roots dating back to the 16th century, and played a significant role in the region’s economic and social life from the late 19th century until the outbreak of World War II. Cases involving the sale or lease of Jewish-owned commercial or industrial properties in Tulcea typically fell under the jurisdiction of the central administration of the National Romanianization Center, which oversaw the liquidation of assets and managed the financial proceeds of such transactions. The majority of public notices concerning the liquidation of Jewish properties and assets in the city and county of Tulcea date from the second half of 1942 and throughout 1943. In some instances, the procedures for expropriation were managed directly by officials from the central administration of the Romanianization Center in Bucharest. All proceeds from auctions and forced sales organized by the National Romanianization Center were directed either to the state budget or used by the institution to cover its operational expenses. None of the amounts obtained, nor any inventory items, were returned to the dispossessed owners, who were unable to challenge the outcomes, as the procedures explicitly required that all bidders be of ethnic Romanian origin.

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