Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

2. Robbing EvacueesThe Jew ish cit i zens of the coun try, once re moved from towns and vil lageswere robbed. /.../ Carters and mem bers of the Gendarmerie took all thevalu ables these poor peo ple were able to carry. In many areas, such acts oflooting were com pleted by locals with the bless ing of the au thor i ties. Ev -ery thing was re moved from un in hab ited Jewish homes, even windowframes and the tin from roofs. In some places, even tomb stones were takenfrom Jewish cem e ter ies so that they could be used as steps at the en trancesof houses.At a later stage the state it self joined in this rob bery by pass ing a law or der -ing an auc tion of evacuees’ property, which was re garded as aban doned.3. Robbing DeporteesThe robbing of deportees, carried out with bes tial rage and insatiable av a -rice by the au thor i ties (Na tional Centre for Romanianization , the Na -tional Bank of Romania, County Halls, City Halls, etc.), of fi cials in chargeof deportations (of fi cers, po lice inspectors, Gen darmes, po lice con sta bles,etc.) and the lo cal Aryan citizens, was more se ri ous and more de struc tive inits con se quences.Jews were robbed ev ery where: when the occupying troops marched in, incon cen tra tion camps and ghet tos, during the long and lonely wan der ingsof march ing col umns, while crossing the river Dnyester , and fi nally, in thecamps and ghet tos of Transnistria .(a) Looting flats: /.../ What had been left be hind by the occupying troops,was confiscated by the au thor i ties since Jews were only al lowed to takewith them to the ghettos or camps as much as they could carry on theirbacks, and many times not even that. Aryan cit i zens were strictly for bid dento buy Jew ish property. This crime was pun ish able by death. 24The left overs of official plun der ing were re moved at sta tions passed byJew ish de port ees on their way to wards “their land of end less Cal vary”.Most of them ar rived there only “with what they were wear ing” 2533