JEWS IN BUKOVYNA DURING WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE PRISM OF PRINTED MATERIALS OF “BUCOVINA” NEWSPAPER
JEWS IN BUKOVYNA DURING WORLD WAR II THROUGH THE PRISM OF PRINTED MATERIALS OF “BUCOVINA” NEWSPAPER

Summary/Abstract: Bukovyna is a historical region on the northern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains and the adjoining plains. It is currently split between Romania and Ukraine. Jews settled in this region in 15th century. Throughout the centuries generations of Bukovynian Jews played most important role in economic, political and cultural development of this region being integral part of one the most economically successful and ethnically diverse, but yet tolerant areas of the Central Europe before WWI. The history of the region took tragic turn with terrible consequences for the Jewish community during the interwar period during the time when Bukovyna became the part of the Greater Romania. The gradual decline of the economy combined with Romanian government’s sponsored AntiSemitism were two most decisive factors that shaped the life and destiny of the Jewish community of the Bukovina in the upcoming years. The Soviet invasion and annexation of the Northern Bukovina in the summer of 1940 followed by confiscation of the private enterprises, ban on the activities of the Jewish organizations and deportations to Siberia only worsened socio-political situation of the Jewish community. At the time of the Nazi invasion in June of 1941 the network and leadership of the Jewish community had been completely destroyed.

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