Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

The first murders were committed in Mihoreni ( Dorohoi county) by amilitary unit under the command of a major named Gilav . For noapparent reason, the soldiers arrested and tortured Sloime Weiner, his son,User Weiner, his daughters, Roza Weiner and Fani Zekler (the latter washolding a two-year-old child in her arms). They were taken to a forestcalled Tureatca , where a lame cobbler, Moscovici, his wife and twochildren, as well as Isac Moscovici’s wife and two daughters were alsofound. All of them were lined up at the edge of a hole and shot into it. IsacMoscovici, who had been arrested separately, was so severely beaten that hedied on the way to hospital.June 30, 1940Part of the 16th infantry regiment, under the command of Major ValeriuCarp, withdrew from the north-western part of Bucovina towardsFalticeni . Immediately after the unit had marched into the village ofCiudei ( Strojinet county), a number of Jews were collected at the villagecenter following an order by the Major. These were: Moise Schachter , Dr.Konrad Kreis , the Hessman brothers, Herman Gross, his wife, hisdaughter and grandchild. All of them were shot dead. Dr. Kreis wastortured with extraordinary cruelty, and his body was - literally - cut upinto pieces.June 30, 1940A group of 18 soldiers, led by a lieutenant, broke into the house of SuharLax, who lived in Costina-Suceava . After torturing him, they tied him to ahorse’s tail and had him dragged across the village (nearly 3 km). His body,ridden with twenty bullets, was found in a nearby forest.July 1, 1940The withdrawing military units carried out a barbaric and murderouspogrom in the town of Dorohoi .The morning streets of the city showed signs of extraordinary activity, andthe Jews of the town began to panic. The soldiers of the 8th RifleRegiment, who were not acquainted with the city, led by locals, were160