Language:
German
Year of publication:
2010
Titel der Quelle:
Tribüne; Zeitschrift zum Verständnis des Judentums
Angaben zur Quelle:
195 (2010) 139-144
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Abstract:
In the postwar period, until 2003, the various Romanian governments, and most of the population, simply forgot, ignored, or denied the Holocaust of Romanian Jews. In 2003, conceding to international pressure, the Romanian government established a Commission, headed by Elie Wiesel, to investigate the crimes committed by the Antonescu regime. In 2004, the Commission presented a collection of documents proving that Antonescu's regime, in a socio-political environment of extreme antisemitism and public consensus, was responsible for the murder of at least 280,000 Jews and 11,000 Romanies. The Commission also recommended the creation of a memorial for the Jewish victims, which was inaugurated in 2009. From 2006, the subject of the Holocaust became part of the high school curricula. However, no Romanian perpetrator of crimes against Jews during the Holocaust was prosecuted. In only 50 cases, assets expropriated from Jews were returned to their owners. According to a survey published by the Institute for the Study of the Holocaust in October 2007, 65% of the population state that they have heard about the Holocaust, 17% state that they have never heard about it, and only a quarter of the interviewees believe that Antonescu was guilty of war crimes against the Jews. Concludes that the results of this survey are alarming and ominous when contrasted with the true dimensions of the genocide of Romanian Jews.
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