Life in Chisinau ghetto
On July 16, 1941 Chisinau was occupied by Romanian troops together with units of the 9th Army of the Wehrmacht. Along their way they annihilated the Jewish popu...
Vertujeni tragedy of 1941
Another tragic date of the Jewish history in Bessarabia. On September 12, 1941 evacuation began from the transit camp of Vertujeni. The documents of the Nationa...
Shoa in Pepen: another name on a map of horror
In the hot July days of 1941, a tragedy occurred in the ordinary Moldovan village of Pepen. One of many that happened to the Jews in those terrible years. From...
Story of a Hit
Place: Romania, USA, Europe, Asia. Time: 1936 to the present day The main characters: Richard Stein, Liviu Delianu, Les Paul. Actors: Romanian performers Maria ...
I love the Italians
I love the Italians. My mother taught me so. My mother, when the war started was 24 years old. She was young and very beautiful. Together with my grandmother th...
Hard ways of the war – wonderful meeting
Memories of Katz (Haymovich) Gitlya Moiseyevna (28.12.1916- 13.07.1998) and her younger brother – Boris (Baruch), born on May 7, 1927, who now lives in Is...
History of the Chisinau Almshouse
In Chisinau, a city where Jews once made a significant part of the population, there were many buildings in which religious and secular organizations were locat...
Rab Chaim-Zamvl: A wonder maker from Rybnitsa
I was very lucky in my life. I realized this, unfortunately, only many years later and understood with what person I had a chance to communicate. I was born in ...