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· Background · Database · Acknowledgements · Searching the Database |
A large group of males, from northern Romania, were sent to forced labor camps. While they were away, the Jewish family members of the forced laborers from Dorohoi were deported to Transnistria. There seems to have been an understanding that family members of those in the labor camps would not be deported. Despite this understanding, some of the families were deported, based on a haphazard system. Upon the return of the survivors from the work camp, the leaders of the Jewish Romanian community started to intervene on behalf of the deported family members to have them returned to Dorohoi. Due to the leaders' efforts, the deported family members were returned.
The database contains information from records of the Centrala Evreilor (Jewish Center) from Dorohoi, Romania. There are 3,263 named individuals in the collection. However, there are more individuals that are not referred to by name, but as unnamed family relationship; wife, children, mother, etc. Unnamed family members are listed in the "Comments" column. The database uses internal family code numbers to keep all family members together. Therefore, if you search for one member of the family, all the members will be returned in the search. In addition, there are a few individuals who are not listed with surnames. Instead, they are listed with their Romanian patronymic names. The patronymic names are included in the "Given Name" field and can be recognized by the format: "Son's-given-name sin father's-given-name". The family code numbers are used in these cases to group these family members, even though there are no family surnames.
There are two fields that have been included in the database although we are not sure of their meaning. The "Additional Comments" field refers to numbered notes made about certain of the individuals in the list. Unfortunately, we do not currently have the notes and therefore do not know what the references mean. There are also about a dozen individuals with 8-digit handwritten numbers, whose meanings are unknown.
The fields of the database are as follows:
Below are translations for the "Family Relationships" used in the database:
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Below are translations of terms used in the "Comments" column:
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The information contained in this database was indexed from the files of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM KG-25.01 GM Reel 17). This information is accessible to you today thanks to the effort of the following JewishGen volunteers who are responsible for the transcription of this file: Nolan Altman (coordinator), Eve Blum, Kurt Friedlaender, Harry Green, Ernest Kallmann, Elisha Malovicki, Edward Mitelsbach, Shimon Neuman, Susanna Vendel and Paula Zieselman.
In addition, thanks to JewishGen Inc. for providing the website and database expertise to make this database accessible. Special thanks to Susan King, Warren Blatt and Michael Tobias for their continued contributions to Jewish genealogy. Particular thanks to the Research Division headed by Joyce Field and to Nolan Altman, coordinator of Holocaust files.
Rosanne Leeson and Nolan Altman
October, 2005
This database is searchable via JewishGen's Holocaust Database and the JewishGen Romania Database.
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Last Update: 8 Nov 2005 by WSB
