Media Essay
Romania - Photograph
Prewar photograph of students in a weaving workshop at a yeshiva (rabbinical academy) in the northern Transylvanian town of Sighet ...
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. Kishinev, Bessarabia, Romania, August 12, 1941.
Item ViewJews assembled for deportation from a Bessarabian village
Romanian Jews who were assembled in a Bessarabian village in September 1941 before deportation to Transnistria.
Waiting for deportation in Romania
Jews of the Kishinev ghetto assembled for deportation to Transnistria. Kishinev, Bessarabia, Romania, October 28, 1941.
Item ViewDeportation of Jews from Kishinev
Romanian soldiers supervise the deportation of Jews from Kishinev. Kishinev, Bessarabia, Romania, October 28, 1941.
Item ViewPortrait of Chaim Leib
An 18-month-old Jewish boy, Chaim Leib, who was murdered at the Auschwitz killing center in occupied Poland. Bukovina, Romania, 1942.
Item ViewFormer Romanian prime minister marches toward execution
Former Romanian prime minister Ion Antonescu being led to his execution. Camp Jivava, near Bucharest, Romania, June 1, 1946.
Item ViewIon Antonescu before his execution
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. Camp Jivava, near Bucharest, Romania, June 1, 1946.
Item ViewJews expelled to Hungary eating in an open field
Jews who were expelled from Romania to Hungary eat in an open field. Skala, Hungary, July-August 1941.
Item ViewAftermath of a pogrom in Iasi
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.
Item ViewVictims of a pogrom in Iasi
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.
Item ViewJewish children preparing for summer camp
Jewish children leaving for a summer camp organized by the "Yiddisher Shul Verein" (Yiddish school association). Chernovtsy, Romania, ca. July 1933.
Item ViewJewish children at a Romanian summer camp
Jewish children at a summer camp. Bendery, Romania, ca. 1936.
Item ViewOn the way to summer camp
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.
Item ViewRomania joins the Axis alliance
In Hitler's presence, Romanian ruler Ion Antonescu signs the Three-Power Agreement. Berlin, Germany, November 23, 1940.
Item ViewRomanian leader Horia Sima
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.
Item ViewRuins of a synagogue destroyed during anti-Jewish rioting.
Ruins of a synagogue destroyed during anti-Jewish rioting. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
Item ViewA vandalized Jewish-owned store in Bucharest
Jewish-owned store vandalized during the January 21-23 Iron Guard pogrom. Bucharest, Romania, January 1941.
Item ViewAftermath of a pogrom in Iasi
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.
Item ViewExecution of Ion Antonescu
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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