Language:
English
Year of publication:
2012
Titel der Quelle:
Holocaust; studii şi cercetări
Angaben zur Quelle:
4,1 (2012) 16-34
Keywords:
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
;
Jewish refugees
;
Romania Emigration and immigration
;
Germany Emigration and immigration 1933-1945
;
History
Abstract:
Juxtaposes the emigration of Jews from Germany in 1933-39 with their emigration from Romania in 1940-44. Both dictatorships were eager to oust Jews from their realms and did not oppose their emigration to Palestine, and both tried to profit from this process. Thus, representatives of the Jewish organizations, who in Germany and Romania attempted to organize and facilitate the exodus of Jews, were reluctantly supported by the authorities. In both states, the emigration of Jews to the Land of Israel was fraught with difficulties. Both dictatorships, at some stage, resorted to a "forced migration" of Jews; in the Romanian case, this meant expulsion to Transnistria. Both were not interested in the fate of the Jews once they left the respective country. In 1944, when the war took a clear turn in favor of the Allies, Romanian leaders, anxious about their image abroad, began to speak of their responsibility for Jews who were leaving Romanian territory, but these remained meaningless declarations. Dwells on the tragic fate of the "Struma" ship, which was sunk with 770 Jewish refugees on board; this illustrates the utter indifference of Romanian authorities toward Jewish emigrants.
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