Leova Holocaust Period Records


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Background

The 1930 census, the last one completed prior to the war, counted 2,326 Jews living in Leova, about 1/3rd of the entire town population. In June 1940 the Romanians handed over Bessarabia and Bucovina to the USSR as part of the terms of the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact.

During the evacuation, retreating Romanian soldiers committed many atrocities in their wake, however the Jews of Leova were relatively fortunate in this instance in that they were unharmed. However, just a month later the Soviets started deporting citizens of their newly annexed territories to Siberia, including Zionist leaders and wealthy Jews.

In June 1941 some Jews in Leova sensed war was coming and fled east, into central Asia. Other able bodied men joined the fight against the Germans by enlisting in the Soviet Army. When the Germans invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, those Jews who stayed in Leova and hoped for the best almost all perished. Many who weren't killed on the spot were interned in a concentration camp near the city of Cahul. (Information on those held at Cahul can be found here).

Database

This database includes 556 records from the two lists described below:

List

Title

Description

Records

List of property confiscated by the Romanian Authorities in 1942

Names and addresses of many of the estimated 600 Jewish families living in Leova before the war

438

People from Leova persecuted by the Soviet regime

Leovans, both Jews and Gentiles, who were exiled to Siberia, during the year prior to the German invasion and for several years after the war.

118

The fields for this database are as follows:

Name (Surname + Given Name) (List I: Former Owners, List II: Resident's Name)

Relationship (For List II only)

Year of Birth (For List II only)

Address (For List I only)

Source ("List I" or "List II")

Comments (List I: Current Owners/Tenants, List II: Description of Repression)

Acknowledgments

The information contained in this database was translated by Joel Waters. Yocheved Klausner assisted with the translations for both lists. The list of persecuted Leovans came from Cartea Memoriei: Catalog Al Victimelor Totalitarismului Comunist by Elena Postică (Chişinău: Muzeul Naţional de Istorie a Moldovei, 2005).

In addition, thanks to JewishGen Inc. for providing the website and database expertise to make this database accessible. Special thanks to Warren Blatt and Michael Tobias for their continued contributions to Jewish genealogy. Particular thanks to Nolan Altman, coordinator of Holocaust files.

Nolan Altman
Coordinator - Holocaust Database
March 2011

Leova Holocaust Period Records

Introduction by Joel Waters

Background

Database

Acknowledgments

Searching the Database

Learn more about our organizational leadership, mission, and values. There are numerous opportunities to get involved yourself!

Search millions of records from around the globe, including more than 4 million records related to the Holocaust, and more than 4.2 million burial records. Records are continually added each month - check back often for new information!

Discover your ancestral town, explore geographic/regional based sections of the JewishGen site (Research Divisions), and explore what daily life was like for your ancestors - and what we can learn from them today.

Learn how to enhance your research with online classes and dozens of helpful articles submitted by volunteer researchers just like you!

Connect with tens of thousands of other JewishGen members via the Family Finder, Discussion Group, Facebook Group, and ViewMate. It's a great way to share success, ask questions, and stay informed of the happenings throughout the Jewish genealogical community.

The JewishGen site is offered as a free public resource. However, it costs a lot of money to maintain and expand our services. If you are in a position to do so, please consider a contribution today - your support will make a difference!

Leova Holocaust Period Records

Introduction by Joel Waters

Background

Database

Acknowledgments

Searching the Database