Post by ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐๐ด๐ป๐ธ on Jan 9, 2023 0:59:59 GMT
"The Transnistria Governorate was a Romanian-administered territory between the Dniester and Southern Bug, conquered by the Axis Powers from the Soviet Union during Operation Barbarossa and occupied from 19 August 1941 to 29 January 1944." In total, around 150 colonies and camps functioned in Transnistria link
Yad Vashem would say they were murdered, but the reality is different. Many Jews died of exposure, starvation, or disease during the deportations to Transnistria or after arrival. The testimony of Mihai Dumitru is interesting.
Interview on the occasion of 2 August 2021, Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma link
โ Uncle, whatโs your name?
โ Dimitru, Mihai Dimitru.
โ And how old are you?
โ Ninety-five.
โ Were you also deported to โRussiaโ, to Transnistria?
โ Yes, I was. I was in Trei Dube, Libaศovca, Crivoi Oziero. I [forced] to work there for two and a half years.
โ They put us in huts there, we were 3-4 thousand families, you couldnโt circle them one day.
โ Many died, their dogs ate them.
โ Our Roma ate the corpses, they died without candles, without being buried. Where I found them, I buried them.
โ In the spring these huts began to crumble, the [roofs] were made of wood. The snow had melted, it was a snowy winter, and the wood fell on men, women and the children.
โ And they died inside.
โ They died inside. And no one had taken them out. Who was going to get them out anyway?
โ Were you a big family?
โ We were a big family.
โ How many members were you?
โIt was my father, my mother, my brothers who died there in the bombing.โ We were cooking corn on the fire, a bomber saw us from above and bombed them.
โAnd who died?โ
โ Papa, mama died there, I fled. Several Roma died, many Roma died โฆ
โ Many died of hunger.
โ Many died of misery, of typhus.
โ Little children died, they could no longer be taken care of.
โ Women, young women fell in the streets.
โThere was a forest where I worked and cooked in a cauldron.โ And from this cauldron a Roma of ours, an old man, took out food and poured some for the children, the women, for everyone. We ate there. We had it bad. Hope God doesnโt punish anyone like he punished us.
โ My father and mother died there, my two brothers and my elder sisters.
โ Your children know what you experienced in Transnistria.
โ They know.
โBut do the grandchildren know?โ
โ They donโt know!
โ They donโt know.
โ They donโt know anything!
In total, 380,000 โ 400,000 Jews, including the Jews of Transnistria, were murdered in Romanian-controlled areas under the dictatorship of Antonescu.Yadvashem
Yad Vashem would say they were murdered, but the reality is different. Many Jews died of exposure, starvation, or disease during the deportations to Transnistria or after arrival. The testimony of Mihai Dumitru is interesting.
Interview on the occasion of 2 August 2021, Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma link
โ Uncle, whatโs your name?
โ Dimitru, Mihai Dimitru.
โ And how old are you?
โ Ninety-five.
โ Were you also deported to โRussiaโ, to Transnistria?
โ Yes, I was. I was in Trei Dube, Libaศovca, Crivoi Oziero. I [forced] to work there for two and a half years.
โ They put us in huts there, we were 3-4 thousand families, you couldnโt circle them one day.
โ Many died, their dogs ate them.
โ Our Roma ate the corpses, they died without candles, without being buried. Where I found them, I buried them.
โ In the spring these huts began to crumble, the [roofs] were made of wood. The snow had melted, it was a snowy winter, and the wood fell on men, women and the children.
โ And they died inside.
โ They died inside. And no one had taken them out. Who was going to get them out anyway?
โ Were you a big family?
โ We were a big family.
โ How many members were you?
โIt was my father, my mother, my brothers who died there in the bombing.โ We were cooking corn on the fire, a bomber saw us from above and bombed them.
โAnd who died?โ
โ Papa, mama died there, I fled. Several Roma died, many Roma died โฆ
โ Many died of hunger.
โ Many died of misery, of typhus.
โ Little children died, they could no longer be taken care of.
โ Women, young women fell in the streets.
โThere was a forest where I worked and cooked in a cauldron.โ And from this cauldron a Roma of ours, an old man, took out food and poured some for the children, the women, for everyone. We ate there. We had it bad. Hope God doesnโt punish anyone like he punished us.
โ My father and mother died there, my two brothers and my elder sisters.
โ Your children know what you experienced in Transnistria.
โ They know.
โBut do the grandchildren know?โ
โ They donโt know!
โ They donโt know.
โ They donโt know anything!