Shattered! 50 years of silence : history and voices of the tragedy in Romania and Transnistria

Pt. 1 (pp. 1-176), "Geographic and Historic Background", contains a historical essay on the Holocaust in Romania and Romanian-annexed Transnistria. Deals with the antisemitic policies of Antonescu's regime in 1940-44; pogroms in Romania before it entered the war (e.g. in Dorohoi and Bucharest), the pogrom in Iaşi in June-July 1941, and pogroms in reconquered Bessarabia and northern Bukovina; deportations of Jews to Transnistria; the Odessa massacre in October 1941 and the massacres in Bogdanovka, Domanyovka, and Akhmechetka; assistance given by Jews in Romania to the deportees in Transnistria; activities of the Zionist underground during the war. Pt. 2 (pp. 179-464), "Personal Testimonies", contains accounts of survival in Vapnyarka, Sharhorod, Mogilyov-Podolskii, Odessa, Bogdanovka, and other towns and camps in Transnistria. Pt. 3 (pp. 465-498) contains lists of those who perished in Transnistria, photographs of memorials, tables, documents, and maps. Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-503). xxvi, 506 pages : illustrations, maps, facsimile ; 24 cm