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So shattering were the after-effects of Kishinev, the rampage that broke out in Russia in April 1903, that one historian remarked that it was "nothing less than a prototype for the Holocaust itself". In three days of violence, 49 Jews were killed and 600 raped or wounded, whilst more than 1,000 Jewish-owned houses and stores were ransacked and destroyed. Recounted in lurid detail by newspapers throughout the Western world, the pre-Easter attacks seized the imagination of an international public, quickly becoming the prototype for what would become known as a "pogrom" and providing the impetus for efforts as varied as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and the NAACP. With new evidence from Russia, Israel and Europe, Steven J. Zipperstein brings historical insight and clarity to a much-misunderstood event.
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The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941u1942 sheds new light on the little-known historical events surrounding the creation, administration, and liquidation of the Kishinev (Chisinau) ghetto during the first months following the Axis attack on the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in late June 1941. Mass killings during the combined Romanian-German drive toward Kishinev in Bessarabia, after a year of Soviet rule in this Romanian border province, were followed by the shooting of thousands of Jews on the streets of the city during the first days of reestablished Romanian administration. Survivors were driven into a ghetto, persecuted, and liquidated by yearAEs end. The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941u1942 is the first major study of these events. Often overshadowed by events in Germany and Poland, the history of the Holocaust in Romania, including what took place in Bessarabia (corresponding in large part with the territory of the modern Republic of Moldova), was obscured during decades of communist rule, denial, and policies that blocked access to wartime documentation. This book is the result of a lengthy research project that began with Paul A. ShapiroAEs travels to Romania for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to negotiate access to these documents. The volume includes: A preface describing the origin of the project in the immediate aftermath of the Ceausescu regime in Romania. A hundred-page study setting the events of the book within the historical context of Eastern European antisemitism, Romanian-Soviet conflict over control of Bessarabia, and RomaniaAEs alliance with Nazi Germany. A thoughtfully curated collection of archival documents linked to the study. A chronology of events prepared by Radu Ioanid, also of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Twenty-one black and white photographs and a map of the ghetto. Students and scholars of Holocaust history, Judaic studies, twentieth-century Eastern European history, Romania, Moldova, and historical Bessarabia will want to own this important, revealing volume. Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
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• Preface; Note on the Citation and Translation of the Documents; The Chişinău (Kishinev) Ghetto, 1941-1942: Creation, Administration, Liquidation
• Paul A. Shapiro; Prologue: Documenting the Tragedy; Chişinău Reoccupied; "Curăţirea Terenului": Cleansing the Terrain; Chişinău Ghetto: Creation and Administration; Population of the Ghetto; The Massacres of Visterniceni and Ghidighici; Control of Ghetto Access and Egress; Photographs; Escapes; Forced Labor; Deportation Orders; Final Preparations, Final Appeals; Liquidation of the Chişinău Ghetto.

• The Final Extortion: Corruption from the Top DownThe Aftermath; "Organized Plunder": Theft of Jewish Property and State Confiscations; Cleaning Up: Final Acts and Final Inhumanities, 1942; The End: Transnistria; Notes; Chronology of the Chişinău Ghetto and the Romanian Occupation of Bessarabia, 1941-1942; The Documents; Index.

"The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941-1942 offers a wealth of primary sources and insightful commentary about the little-known slaughter of Jewish residents of Kishinev (Chisinau) under the military occupation of Romania by Marshal Ion Antonescu, a Hitler ally"-- Provided by publisher.
"The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941-1942 sheds new light on the little-known historical events surrounding the creation, administration, and liquidation of the Kishinev (Chisinau) ghetto during the first months following the Axis attack on the Soviet Union (Operation Barbarossa) in late June 1941. Mass killings during the combined Romanian-German drive toward Kishinev in Bessarabia, after a year of Soviet rule in this Romanian border province, were followed by the shooting of thousands of Jews on the streets of the city during the first days of reestablished Romanian administration. Survivors were driven into a ghetto, persecuted, and liquidated by year's end. The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941-1942 is the first major study of these events. Often overshadowed by events in Germany and Poland, the history of the Holocaust in Romania, including what took place in Bessarabia (corresponding in large part with the territory of the modern Republic of Moldova), was obscured during decades of communist rule, denial, and policies that blocked access to wartime documentation. This book is the result of a lengthy research project that began with Paul A. Shapiro's travels to Romania for the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to negotiate access to these documents."-- Provided by publisher.