Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

organized. Because of the epidemics, primarily the petechial typhus,dilapidated buildings had to be transformed into hospitals, and anexcellent health service had to be created out of nothing, which, in spite of,or above the heads of, the inefficient or malicious authorities, started agigantic battle against the disease, and was victorious over it.Orphanages, kindergartens and primary schools were established, becausethe depressing sight of parent-less, dirty, ragged and exhausted childrenroaming the streets begging, or perishing along the roads, wasunacceptable.Slowly, with human sacrifices, and primitive and empirical methods, fromdust, blood and soot the wonder of society in Transnistria came intoexistence: the formation of an organized community out of a debased anddirectionless crowd In less than six months, and in spite of disease, hungerand misery, the level of Transnistrian Jewish organization becamestate-like, winning the admiration of the persecutors, and at times, alteringtheir mentality, or substituting their authority.(...) Thanks to the energetic attitude of Jews, the Transnistrian “miracle”came about, which despite disease and human evil, saved the lives ofapprox. 60,000 Jews; at the time of liberation there were 15,000 local Jewsamong them.The Red Army liberated Transnistria in early March 1944. The Soviettroops, which had set out from Uman county on March 10, crossed theBug on March 16, and reached the bank of the Dniester in a mere fourdays. The speed of the attack, which dispersed the fascist troops and forcedthem to flee chaotically, preempted the final danger. The tired bodies andbroken bones of the survivors of the Transnistrian hell had been saved./.../158