Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

eing beaten with clubs and rifle butts. Those who lost their balance, fellinto the water; they were left to drown.November 10, 1941The first marching columns organized from deportees from Dorohoiarrive in Atachi ; approx. 3,000 people. Before being driven across theDniester , they are held back for 24 hours in the cold and rain, and guardedby frontier guards. Other soldiers search them, depriving these poor peopleof their last valuables.November 15, 1941The deportation of Jews from Chernovitz ended. By this timeapproximately 30,000 Jews had been deported from the town, and the15,600 who remained had received permission to do so from the selectioncommittee, as had the 4,000 who were given temporary exemptionpermits by the Town Mayor.December 6, 1941Ion Antonescu is not satisfied with the activity of the President of theUnion of Jewish Religious Communities, since due to this, he had tocancel the deportation of 20,000 Jews from Chernovitz . He decides toremove him from as head of the Jewish Religious Community, anddisbands all Jewish community organizations. In their place, he sets up theJewish Central Office, based on the German model created in thecountries they occupied.December, 1941The last march ing col umns of Jews from Bucovina and Dorohoi countycross the Dniester near Atachi . The first pe riod of the de por ta tion of Ro -ma nian Jews has ended.193