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The Jews of
Kishinev were annihilated in several phases. When Romanian and
German units entered the town, many Jews were slaughtered in the
streets and in their homes. Their exact number is not known, but the
researcher Matatias Carp estimates it at some 10,000. After the
ghetto was established, 2,000 Jews were systematically murdered by a
unit comprised of men from Einsatzkommandos 11a from Einsatzgruppen
D. This unit selected for murder members of the liberal professions
(doctors, lawyers, engineers) and Jewish intellectuals. In some of
these executions, Romanian soldiers and police participated
alongside the Einsatzkommando men as an auxiliary force. The 11,000
Jews who survived the murder spree were concentrated in the ghetto
that was established on July 24, 1941, by order of the Romanian
governor of the district and the German commander of the
Einsatzkommando. The Jews in the ghetto were dispossessed, tortured,
and mobilized for forced labor. Many were executed and their bodies
were not removed, thereby angering the Germans. |
