Kishinev Ghetto

Kishinev Ghetto, 1941
Kishinev Ghetto, August 1941
Holocaust Memorial, Chișinău; designed by artist Naum Epelbaum and architect Simeon Shoihet[1]

The Kishinev Ghetto, also known as the Chișinău Ghetto (Romanian: Ghetoul din Chișinău; Russian: Кишинёвское гетто; Hebrew: גטו קישינב), was a Jewish ghetto in Chișinău (Kishinev), Romania (now Moldova), established on 25 July 1941. It closed in April 1942.

History

The ghetto's administration was established on 25 July 1941 by the Romanian authorities related to the Bessarabia Governorate.[2] It was under dual control—that of the Romanian and Nazi German commandant's offices. Starting on 5 August 1941, Jews living in Kishinev were required to wear a yellow star on their clothing.[3] Mass killings happened during the combined Romanian–German drive in the Bessarabia region.[2]

The Kishinev Ghetto was closed in April 1942.[4] The exact number of deaths is not known, but through research one estimated number of deaths is around 10,000 people.[5]

See also

  • Kishinev pogrom, anti-Jewish attacks in Chișinău (Kishinev), Russian Empire, held 19–21 April 1903
  • Pale of Settlement (1791–1917), Jewish residents of the western region of the Russian Empire
  • Guttman Landau (c. 1877–1942), Bessarabian Jewish leader

References

  1. ↑ "Monument to the victims of the Chișinău ghetto". Center for Jewish Art. May 10, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Shapiro, Paul A.; Ioanid, Radu; Chamberlin, Brewster; Jianu, Angela (2015). The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941–1942: A Documentary History of the Holocaust in Romania's Contested Borderlands. University of Alabama Press. doi:10.2307/jj.30346689. ISBN 978-0-8173-1864-2.
  3. ↑ Редакция. "Кишинёв". Электронная еврейская энциклопедия ОРТ (in Russian). Retrieved 2026-04-03.
  4. ↑ Solonari, Vladimir (August 2016). "The Kishinev Ghetto, 1941−1942: A Documentary History of the Holocaust in Romania's Contested Borderlands". Holocaust and Genocide Studies. 30 (2): 358–360. doi:10.1093/hgs/dcw040. ISSN 8756-6583.
  5. ↑ "Kishinev Ghetto established; 10,000 Jews already dead since the invasion". Zachor Foundation. Retrieved 2026-04-03.
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