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Prewar photograph of students in a weaving workshop at a yeshiva (rabbinical academy) in the northern Transylvanian town of Sighet ... [LCID: 88072] — Prewar photograph of students in a weaving workshop at a yeshiva (rabbinical academy) in the northern Transylvanian town of Sighet Marmatiei. Romania, prewar.
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Jewish women at forced labor in the process of clearing rubble from the main street. [LCID: 03330] — Jewish women at forced labor in the process of clearing rubble from the main street. Kishinev, Bessarabia, Romania, August 12, 1941.
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The Jewish residents of a village in Bessarabia are held before their deportation to Transnistria. [LCID: 03335] — Romanian Jews who were assembled in a Bessarabian village in September 1941 before deportation to Transnistria.

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Jews of the Kishinev ghetto assembled for deportation to Transnistria. [LCID: 01096] — Jews of the Kishinev ghetto assembled for deportation to Transnistria. Kishinev, Bessarabia, Romania, October 28, 1941.
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Romanian soldiers supervise the deportation of Jews from Kishinev. [LCID: 01097] — Romanian soldiers supervise the deportation of Jews from Kishinev. Kishinev, Bessarabia, Romania, October 28, 1941.
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An 18-month-old Jewish boy, Chaim Leib, who was murdered at the Auschwitz killing center in Poland. [LCID: 76994] — An 18-month-old Jewish boy, Chaim Leib, who was murdered at the Auschwitz killing center in occupied Poland. Bukovina, Romania, 1942.
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Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu being led to his execution. [LCID: 07827] — Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu being led to his execution. Camp Jivava, near Bucharest, Romania, June 1, 1946.
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Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu (center) before his execution as a war criminal. [LCID: 07869] — Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu (center) before his execution as a war criminal. Fort Jivava, near Bucharest, Romania, June 1, 1946.
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Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu before his execution as a war criminal. [LCID: 07834] — Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu before his execution as a war criminal. Camp Jivava, near Bucharest, Romania, June 1, 1946.
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Jews who were expelled from Romania to Hungary eat in an open field. [LCID: 68678a] — Jews who were expelled from Romania to Hungary eat in an open field. Skala, Hungary, July-August 1941.
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A small group of people look up towards a train of open railcars. Bodies of victims stack up outside the railcars and on the grass. — During the deportation of survivors of a pogrom in Iasi to Calarasi or Podul Iloaei, Romanians halt a train to throw off the bodies of those who had died on the way. Romania, July 1941.
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Along the route from Iasi to either Calarasi or Podul IIoaei, Romanians remove corpses from a train carrying Jews deported from Iasi ... [LCID: 60517j] — Along the route from Iasi to either Calarasi or Podul IIoaei, Romanians remove corpses from a train carrying Jews deported from Iasi following a pogrom. Romania, late June or early July 1941.
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Jewish children leaving for a summer camp organized by the "Yiddisher Shul Verein" (Yiddish school association). [LCID: 88056] — Jewish children leaving for a summer camp organized by the "Yiddisher Shul Verein" (Yiddish school association). Chernovtsy, Romania, ca. July 1933.
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Jewish children at a summer camp. Bendery, Romania, ca. [LCID: 88048] — Jewish children at a summer camp. Bendery, Romania, ca. 1936.
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Children and staff leaving for the "Morgenroyt" schools summer camp, organized by the Bund (Jewish Socialist party). [LCID: 88085] — Children and staff leaving for the "Morgenroyt" schools summer camp, organized by the Bund (Jewish Socialist party). The camp was located near Chernovtsy on the Prut River. Chernovtsy, Romania, 1939.
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In Hitler's presence, Romanian ruler Ion Antonescu signs the Three-Power Agreement. [LCID: tl117] — In Hitler's presence, Romanian ruler Ion Antonescu signs the Three-Power Agreement. Berlin, Germany, November 23, 1940.
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Horia Sima, leader of the Iron Guard and deputy prime minister of the Romanian government in 1940. [LCID: 18297] — Horia Sima, leader of the Iron Guard and deputy prime minister of the Romanian government in 1940. Bucharest, Romania, 1940.

In this image, Horia Sima salutes his supporters during a ceremony commemorating the deaths of Ion Mota and Vasile Marin, Iron Guardsmen who were killed in the Spanish Civil War.
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Ruins of a synagogue destroyed during anti-Jewish rioting. [LCID: 43185] — Ruins of a synagogue destroyed during anti-Jewish rioting. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
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Jewish-owned store vandalized during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. [LCID: 80065] — Jewish-owned store vandalized during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
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Police force Romanian Jews, survivors of a pogrom in Iasi, to board a train during their expulsion from Iasi to Calarasi. [LCID: 67288] — Police force Romanian Jews, survivors of a pogrom in Iasi, to board a train during their expulsion from Iasi to Calarasi. Iasi, Romania, late June 1941.
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A Romanian firing squad prepares to execute former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu. [LCID: 07835] — A Romanian firing squad prepares to execute former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu. Camp Jivava, near Bucharest, Romania, June 1, 1946.
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