List of Jews from Leova Interned in Cahul Camp July 22, 1941

Introduction by Joel Waters

In memory of Liba Vasserman, my Great Grandmother, who died in Cahul along with many of her neighbors.

Background:

Following the June 22, 1941 Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union the Germans moved quickly across Bessarabia and Bucovina into Ukraine, leaving control of these two former Romanian territories to Romanian Prime Minister, Ion Antonescu. Antonescu was intent on cleansing his land of the Jews, and in late July 1941 started assembling the Jews into transit camps in preparation for their eventual deportation across the Dneister River. Of course, many Jews were killed along the way, or died in the transit camps of hunger, exposure, and disease. By October 8, 1941 when Ion Antonescu ordered the deportation of all Jews from Bessarabia and Bucovina on more than half of the Jewish population of Bessarabia had already perished. The survivors were sent across the Dneister river into Transnistria.

Database:

This list is transcribed from a document entitled “List of Jews from Leova interned in Cahul Camp” obtained from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, in Washington D.C. The original source of this document is the Moldovan State Archives in Chisinau, Moldova.

Acknowledgments:

Special thanks to Michlean Amir – USHMM Reference Archivist for her assistance in acquiring this document.

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Original Language Title: Tabel de evrei din Leova îternaţi în lagărul Cahul. Language: Romanian Title in English: List of Jews from Leova, interned in Cahul camp. Place(s): Cahul (Place of Persecution) Leova (Previous Location) Organization/Battalion Name: Lagarul Cahul Nationality - Persecution Status: Romanian - J or JU / Jude / Jew Gender: Male and Female Type of List: Concentration camp Date: Notes: List indicates age, prewar, profession, and gender. Most of them have Leova as their prewar place but there are also from other towns from Bessarabia. Collection: RG-54.001M National Archives of Moldova Document Generating Agency: Cahul Police / Politia orasului Cahul / Romania Source Medium: Microfilm Reel or Fiche Number: 21 Document Format: Handwritten Document Legibility: Easily Legible Text Number of Pages: 14 Number of Persons: 386 List Organized By: Random

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Original Language Title: Registru de evidenţa evreilor din lagărul Cahul. Language: Romanian Title in English: Evidence register of Jews from Cahul camp. Place(s): Cahul (Place of Persecution) Cahul (Previous Location) Organization/Battalion Name: Lagarul Cahul Nationality - Persecution Status: Romanian - J or JU / Jude / Jew Gender: Male and Female Type of List: Concentration camp Date: Notes: List indicates age, prewar, profession, and gender. Collection: RG-54.001M National Archives of Moldova Document Generating Agency: Cahul Police / Politia orasului Cahul / Romania Source Medium: Microfilm Reel or Fiche Number: 21 Document Format: Handwritten Document Legibility: Easily Legible Text Number of Pages: 5 Number of Persons: 136 List Organized By: Random

This record came from the USHMM Archival Sources Cataloging Project.