Category: Romania

75 Years Commemoration – Vatra Dornei Synagogue – 10/2016 – by Adina Babeş

In the fall of 1941, following the order of Ion Antonescu govenrment, 91,845 of Jews from Bukovina were deported. From 9th until the 15 of October 1941, from the train stations of Suceava, Gura Humorului, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Vatra Dornei and Rădăuți, men, women, children were sent to Transnistria. Most of them died there, executed, or from epidemics, cold and starvation.

This year, we commemorate 75 years since this dark chapter of Romanian history. To honor the memory of the victims, commemorative plaques were placed on the facades of the train station from where the trains left to Transnistria.

This is a project of Federation of Communities of Romanian Jews and Elie Wiesel National institute for the study of Holocaust in Romania.
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75 Years Commemoration – Suceava Synagogue – 10/2016 – by Adina Babeş

In the fall of 1941, following the order of Ion Antonescu govenrment, 91,845 of Jews from Bukovina were deported. From 9th until the 15 of October 1941, from the train stations of Suceava, Gura Humorului, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Vatra Dornei and Rădăuți, men, women, children were sent to Transnistria. Most of them died there, executed, or from epidemics, cold and starvation.

This year, we commemorate 75 years since this dark chapter of Romanian history. To honor the memory of the victims, commemorative plaques were placed on the facades of the train station from where the trains left to Transnistria.

This is a project of Federation of Communities of Romanian Jews and Elie Wiesel National institute for the study of Holocaust in Romania.
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75 Years Commemoration – Radautz Synagogue – 10/2016 – by Adina Babeş

In the fall of 1941, following the order of Ion Antonescu govenrment, 91,845 of Jews from Bukovina were deported. From 9th until the 15 of October 1941, from the train stations of Suceava, Gura Humorului, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Vatra Dornei and Rădăuți, men, women, children were sent to Transnistria. Most of them died there, executed, or from epidemics, cold and starvation.

This year, we commemorate 75 years since this dark chapter of Romanian history. To honor the memory of the victims, commemorative plaques were placed on the facades of the train station from where the trains left to Transnistria.

This is a project of Federation of Communities of Romanian Jews and Elie Wiesel National institute for the study of Holocaust in Romania.
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75 Years Commemoration – Gura Humora Synagogue – 10/2016 – by Adina Babeş

In the fall of 1941, following the order of Ion Antonescu govenrment, 91,845 of Jews from Bukovina were deported. From 9th until the 15 of October 1941, from the train stations of Suceava, Gura Humorului, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Vatra Dornei and Rădăuți, men, women, children were sent to Transnistria. Most of them died there, executed, or from epidemics, cold and starvation.

This year, we commemorate 75 years since this dark chapter of Romanian history. To honor the memory of the victims, commemorative plaques were placed on the facades of the train station from where the trains left to Transnistria.

This is a project of Federation of Communities of Romanian Jews and Elie Wiesel National institute for the study of Holocaust in Romania.
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75 Years Commemoration – Campulung Moldovenesc Synagogue – 10/2016 – by Adina Babeş

In the fall of 1941, following the order of Ion Antonescu govenrment, 91,845 of Jews from Bukovina were deported. From 9th until the 15 of October 1941, from the train stations of Suceava, Gura Humorului, Câmpulung Moldovenesc, Vatra Dornei and Rădăuți, men, women, children were sent to Transnistria. Most of them died there, executed, or from epidemics, cold and starvation.

This year, we commemorate 75 years since this dark chapter of Romanian history. To honor the memory of the victims, commemorative plaques were placed on the facades of the train station from where the trains left to Transnistria.

This is a project of Federation of Communities of Romanian Jews and Elie Wiesel National institute for the study of Holocaust in Romania.

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Vatra Dornei Wiznitzer Synagogue – by Bruria & Ptachia Menkin

Mr. Ptachia Menkin and Mrs. Bruria Menkin took part in the July 2015 journey, on the path of the Holocaust of Romanian Jews, in Bukovina and Transnistria valley of death, that was organized by the World Organization of Bukovina Jews. The  Menkins also visited this area previously in 2011 and 2005.

One of the places they visited in over the years was the Wiznitzer Synagogue in Vatra Dornei in Romania.
See below pictures from the synagogue visit in 2011.
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הוויז'ניצר שיל בווטרה דורניי 2 2011

Vatra Dornei Jewish Synagogue – by Bruria & Ptachia Menkin

Mr. Ptachia Menkin and Mrs. Bruria Menkin took part in the July 2015 journey, on the path of the Holocaust of Romanian Jews, in Bukovina and Transnistria valley of death, that was organized by the World Organization of Bukovina Jews. The  Menkins also visited this area previously in 2011 and 2005.

One of the places they visited in over the years was the Synagogue in Vatra Dornei in Romania.
“Vatra Dornei is the town where we were born”.
See below pictures from the synagogue from 2011, 2005 and 1958 and compare…..
1958
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“This picture (from 1958)  was taken with the synagogue in the background – a short time before we immigrated to Israel. you can see there my parents – Shimon and Dina Rand, my sisters Esti (Shecter), Miriam (Farbstein) and me – Bruria”.

2005
בית הכנסת הגדול בווטרה דורניי 6 2005 בית הכנסת הגדול בווטרה דורניי 7 2005 בית הכנסת הגדול בווטרה דורניי 8 2005 בית הכנסת הגדול בווטרה דורניי 9 2005 בית הכנסת הגדול בווטרה דורניי 10 2005 בית הכנסת הגדול בווטרה דורניי 11 2005
2011
בית הכנסת בווטרה דורניי 1 2011

בית הכנסת בווטרה דורניי 2 2011

בית הכנסת בווטרה דורניי 3 2011

Siret Jewish Cemetery – by Bruria & Ptachia Menkin

Mr. Ptachia Menkin and Mrs. Bruria Menkin took part in the July 2015 journey, on the path of the Holocaust of Romanian Jews, in Bukovina and Transnistria valley of death, that was organized by the World Organization of Bukovina Jews. The  Menkins also visited this area previously in 2013, 2011 and 2005.

One of the places they visited in 2015 was the Jewish Cemetery in Siret, Romania.
See below pictures from 2015 from the Cemetery.
בית הקברות בסירט 1 2015

בית הקברות בסירט 2 2015

בית הקברות בסירט 3 2015

בית הקברות בסירט 4 2015

Siret Synagogue – by Ptachia & Bruria Menkin

Mr. Ptachia Menkin and Mrs. Bruria Menkin took part in the July 2015 journey, on the path of the Holocaust of Romanian Jews, in Bukovina and Transnistria valley of death, that was organized by the World Organization of Bukovina Jews. The  Menkins also visited this area previously in 2013, 2011 and 2005.

One of the places they visited in 2015 was the Synagogue in Siret in Romania. “This synagogue is where my grandfather – Israel Margulies – used to pray. He and his family are commemorated on the memorial plaque in the synagogue”.
See below pictures from 2015 from the Synagogue, including the commemoration plaques.
בית הכנסת בסירט 1 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 2 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 3 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 4 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 5 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 6 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 7 2015

 

בית הכנסת בסירט 8 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 9 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 10 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט 11 2015

בית הכנסת בסירט א9 2015

Radautz Synagogue – by Ptachia & Bruria Menkin

Mr. Ptachia Menkin and Mrs. Bruria Menkin took part in the July 2015 journey, on the path of the Holocaust of Romanian Jews, in Bukovina and Transnistria valley of death, that was organized by the World Organization of Bukovina Jews. The  Menkins also visited this area previously in 2013, 2011 and 2005.

One of the places they visited in 2005 was the Synagogue in Radautz in Romania.
See below pictures from 2005 from the Synagogue.
בית הכנסת ברדאוץ 1 2005

בית הכנסת ברדאוץ 2 2005