Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

Life and Death in TransnistriaThe Chronological Order of EventsOctober 1,1941 - March 20,1944October 1, 1941The first Ro ma nian Jewish de port ees to step onto Transnistrian soil werethe most un for tu nate. They were Bessarabian Jews, collected in Au gustsurvi vors of the mas sa cres. They were driven here and there on both sidesof the Dniester first by the Ro ma nian, then by the German army. Theycrossed Moghilau and were al lowed to rest in Scazinet . After be ing tor -tured, robbed and starved, one third of them had per ished be fore they ar -rived at the ghastly camp in Vertujeni . The first marching col umnsde parted from there on Sep tem ber 16, to cross the river Dniester af ter twomore weeks of suf fer ing at two places: those driven to wards Iampol crossednear Cosauti , oth ers taken to Rabnita did the same near Rezina . The newmarch ing col umns, which were later driven to wards the river Bug, were as -sem bled at these two gates of Transnistria . The first march ing column wasal lowed to rest in Barzula , then ar rived in Grozdovca and stayed there.Through out the entire jour ney they had to with stand the beat ing and jeer -ing of non-commissioned of fi cer Tarca , on whose or ders sev eral de port eeswere ex e cuted. Later, after they had rested, they found them selves in thehands of a corporal who con sid ered himself the leader of the camp ofGrozdovca . He counted them, while taking them over, hitting each one onthe back with an iron bar.The marching columns moved on different routes but all suffered anunfortunate fate. /.../November 1, 1941Throughout the month of October marching column followed marchingcolumn through the three crossing-points ( Rabnita , Iampol andMoghilev ). No one was allowed to stay at the first two. The deportees whowere driven there, were forced to move on towards the Bug, where they209