Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

IX. Internment and HostagesDuring the reign of the Iron Guard Jews were al ready being sent in di vid u -ally to the con cen tra tion camp at Targu Jiu. Internment continued on amuch larger scale fol low ing the out break of war. Entire pop u la tions werein terned in certain areas ( Constan , Siret , Darabani), in oth ers ( Galati ,Ploiesti, Husi , Dorohoi) ev ery healthy man, and in more ( Piatra Neamt ,Focsani, Felticeni , Buzau ) most men were in terned. 31X. GhettosAt the be gin ning of Au gust, fol low ing the oc cu pa tion of Bessarabia andBucovina , the sur vi vors in these regions were collected from he Jew ishcom mu ni ties, and placed in five centers. Their num bers on 1st Sep tem ber1941 were the following 32 :-in the ghettos of Secureni and Edine ( Hotin county): 20,909;-in the Marculesti ghetto ( Soroca county): 10,737-in the Vertujeni ghetto ( Soroca county): 24,000-in the town of Chernovitz : 49,497 33XI. DeportationsBetween Sep tem ber 1941 and Oc to ber 1942 one third of the survivingJew ish pop u la tion of the coun try was de ported be yond the Dnyester . Theprop erty of de port ees was ei ther confiscated, robbed or de stroyed. The cir -cum stances in which the de por ta tion took place led to the death of largenum bers en route. Half of those who arrived at the con cen tra tion campsand ghettos of Transnistna per ished dur ing the first win ter. The sur vi vorslived in the most mis er a ble con di tions imag in able; they were sur roundedby illness, hun ger and other hard ships; they suffered the ter ror of neverend ing harassment, and feared death every moment.31 Gen eral Or der of the Ministry of the In te rior No.4599 on June 30,1941.40