Holocaust in Romania - Corvinus Library - Hungarian History

They also warned rep re sen ta tives of the au thor i ties whom they had in -formed of their plot in time, and who is sued their fi nal in struc tions, e.g.Po lice Cap tain Leahu ordered po lice of fi cers not to interfere with what thearmy was do ing, ir re spec tive of whether it was right or wrong.From the head quar ters of the Mo bile De tach ment, Ma jor GheorgheBalotescu sum moned his close friend, “In spec tor” Grigore Petrovici , whohurried to Iasi with his entire unit.Finally, one last in struc tion to the anti-aircraft de fense ser vice, that withinthe over all scheme of the po grom their task was to sound false air-raid si -rens twice, at set times.Saturday, 9.30 p.m., June 28, 1941. The “H” hour!... One si ren, one air -craft, one rocket. All hell broke loose.The Chronological Order of EventsJune 19 - July 6, 1941June 19, 1941The issue of go ing to war against the So viet Un ion had al ready been de -cided, and the preparations had been laid for its out break. Antonescu hadbeen in formed of the dev il ish secret in January; in the months that fol -lowed, the coun try’s high-rank ing civil and mil i tary lead ers were alsobrought into the picture; the ordinary peo ple had started to sense it duringthe last few days. Nobody doubts the ensuing danger.Fi nal prep a ra tions are taking place everywhere.Ion Antonescu or ders the Min is try of the In te rior to ob serve Jews with in -creased alert ness, and to count their num bers in ev ery prov ince so that “ac -tion can be taken against them when I order it, and when the suit able timeco mes”.The Min is try of the In te rior gives the or ders by telephone to immediatelyevac u ate the Jewish cit i zens from vil lages and towns in Moldova - the men90