Deportation of Bessarabian Jews to Transnistria

Identifier
irn1000949
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.260.1
  • RG-60.0246
Dates
1 Jan 1941 - 31 Dec 1941
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • Silent
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Bundesarchiv (Germany). Filmarchiv

Scope and Content

Forced march of Bessarabian Jews in the area of Balti, Romania, part of the deportations to Transnistria, late fall, 1941. Long line of impoverished people moving along a country road and over a low wooden bridge. Some are barefoot. Most carry bundles. They are guarded by a few Romanian soldiers. Pan of a seemingly endless line of people stretching back to the horizon. 01:10:42-01:11:07 Brief shots of Trzebinia camp, EXT. Trzebinia was a sub-camp or satellite of Auschwitz and was in operation from 1942 to January 1945. 700 Jews worked there.

Note(s)

  • See also Story 277, Film ID 201. See departmental notes including consultation with scholar Dennis Deletant and Sanja Primorac.

Subjects

  • CHILDREN (JEWISH)
  • RELOCATION
  • ROMANIA
  • POVERTY
  • USHMM (PERMANENT EXHIBITION)
  • DEPORTATIONS
  • DESTITUTION
  • BRIDGES
  • JEWS
  • SOLDIERS/MILITARY

Places

  • Balti, Romania
  • , Bessarabia

Genre

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