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Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

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January 5, 1942In Obadovca the petechial typhus epidemic is devastat<strong>in</strong>g and cannot beconta<strong>in</strong>ed. The whole camp is declared a quarant<strong>in</strong>e zone, surroundedwith barbed wire and guarded with weapons. The <strong>in</strong>terned people are notallowed to leave the camp, even to get food. As a result, a large number die,because of the epidemic itself and of starvation. /.../January 20, 1942In Tibulovca 180 people survived from the 2,000 <strong>in</strong>terned <strong>in</strong> November(100 men, 76 women and 4 children); all of them have frostbite on theirlimbs. They were allowed to move <strong>in</strong>to the village, but they had to givemoney or their rema<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g items of cloth<strong>in</strong>g. /.../January 31, 1942The petechial typhus epidemic has broken out <strong>in</strong> every area <strong>in</strong> thenorthern part of Transnistria where deported Jews live. There are only afew places where this epidemic is unknown, because <strong>in</strong> these regions(Djur<strong>in</strong> , Murafa , Smer<strong>in</strong>ca ), accommodation conditions are slightly morehumane. The epidemic spreads faster <strong>in</strong> densely populated areas, i.e.Bershad , Sargorod , Moghilev . /.../February 6, 1942One hundred and sixty-five corpses were taken to the cemetery <strong>in</strong>Sargorod but could not be buried because the ground was frozen. A firewas lit <strong>in</strong> the -40 Celsius temperature [40 F below zero]. It burned for 24hours. This was the only way the mass-grave could be dug. In Bershadcorpses were ly<strong>in</strong>g about everywhere for 3 - 4 weeks because they could notbe buried because of the frost and a lack of workers. There were cases when200 corpses were collected one day. /.../213

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