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and Bucovina (Bucowina) Click here for the Bucovina page Imagine walking the very same streets that your parents, grandparents or your great grandparents walked somewhere in Romania, Bucovina or Turkey, where they once lived. Imagine the sights ... the sounds ... and the smells that must have been there ... before you became a part of this world. Yes, there was a time when Jewish life compared more like the Sholom Aleichem stories we've all heard. A time when making a living and studying Torah were the only important goals a Jew could hope to (and pray to) achieve. Romania Located in southeastern Europe,
Romania borders the Black Sea and is between Bulgaria and Ukraine. Today, there is a total population of 22.4 million. Romania
included the Danubian Principalities of Transylvania, Banat, Maramures, Valahia (Wallachia), Moldova, Bessarabia and Bucovina. Today, all of these regions are in
Romania and Moldova, with a portion in southern Ucraina (Ukraine)ROM SIG covers the
Moldova and Transylvania areas and click on Links where you will find a list of maps for
Romania, Transylvania-Eastern Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire 1882, and Romania- Moldova-Balkans 1882. In addition to many other helpful sites and a photo gallery, there is a link to the Jewish Community of
Moldova. Modern Romania began in 1859 with Prince Alexander John Cuza (Alexandru-Ioan Cuza) of Moldova and Wallachia. As a nation, Romania began on January 24 to February 5, 1862 after the 1856 Congress of Paris declared the end of the Crimean War and decided that this area was to be independent, but under the Turkish suzerainty. Bucharest is its capital city. A leading Israeli expert on the Holocaust in Romania, Jean Ancel, said that of the 760,000 Jews who once lived in Romanian-controlled territories during WW II, 420,000 were massacred. Yad Vashem has published a two-volume book by Ancel on the subject. There are today, about 6,000 Jews, mainly elderly, still living in
Romania with fewer than 1,000 of them under the age of 35. Half of them live in
Bucharest. The average salary is $100 a month and 40 percent of the population lives on little more than one dollar a day. If you are searching for Bessarabia, Bessarabien, or Moldova, this area is known as Moldova today - a region of today's Romania. Search Europe - An excellent site to find information about most European countries
Documentary: The Nobel Peace Prize winner and the world’s foremost author on the Holocaust experience takes a haunting journey to his hometown of Sighet, Romania for the first time in 20 years. Mr. Wiesel is made an honorary citizen of his hometown of Sighet, Romania, where he walks through the neighborhood in which he played and studied as a child. Despite mixed feelings, he sees a town unchanged since his deportation to Nazi concentration camps in 1944, except for one significant feature; not a single Jew lives in the entire village. Academy Award winning actor William Hurt reads passages from Mr. Wiesel’s renowned writings, including his first and most honored work, “Night,” published in 1958. Added features include interviews of two of the nation’s leading authorities on the Holocaust: - Rabbi Marvin Hier, Founder and Dean of the Simon Wiesental Center and its acclaimed Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles - Professor Bernard Goldberg, Director of The American Jewish Cultural Studies Program at West Los Angeles College. "Anthology of the Dorohoi Country Since The 15th Century" - after WW II, this county has been included into that one of Botosani. Romanian Title: "Generatii de judaism
"Gazetteer of the former Galicia and Bukowina", produced by Felix Gundacher of the
Institute of Historical Family Research in Vienna, has a CD-Rom of maps from the 1880s. The Institute has a web site "Jewish Immigration from Romania" reference: RG76; IMMIGRATION, Series I-A-1, Volume 359, Reel C-10262, File: 426364 referred to on the on-line
Canadian National Archives web site. "Jewish Heritage Travel" - authored by Ruth Gruber and published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. in 1984. "Jewish
Roots in Ukraine and Moldova: Pages from the Past and Archival
Inventories" - author Miriam Weiner
"Memorial to the Jews Deported from France 1942-44"- authored by Beate Klarsfeld, was published after 1978 in English and should be available from F.F.D.J.F 32, rue la Boetie, 75008 Paris, France or The Beate Klarsfeld Foundation 515 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022. The book lists 3,000 Romanians on this list. "Romania, The Jewries of the Levant after the Fourth Crusade" - authored by Joshua Starr in 1949. On page 56, there are 7 names given. "Stefanesti: Portrait of a Romanian Shtetl" authored by Ghitta Sternberg and published by Pergamon Press in 1984. "The Who's Who of the Jews born in Romania" - a listing of people of to-day and the people from the past by professions and much more at http://www.alpas.net/uli/jewish.romania/ General This ROM-SIG site contains the names of the shtetls (towns) of Romania including Romania, Moldova and Southwestern Ukraine: Moldova (Moldavia) Transylvania (Transylvania) Valahia (Wallachia) Banat Basarabia (Bessarabia) Bucovina Dobrogea Maramures. For each town, the county (judete), region and country is listed. If you click on the town name, you can get additional information. The towns, regions and countries included in the town list are the currently designations used. Changes in national boundaries occurred since pre-World War I times. Therefore, a shtetl may have been in one of the countries covered by the ROM-SIG that was in
Russia, Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, or Austria in earlier centuries Note that Transylvania had one register for all religions denoting religion in a column, whereas Poland and Ukraine have separate registers for each religion.
All of the Pinkasim translations are indexed All Romania Database 1848 Census Project "1942 Census of Jewish males born in Romania, 1881-1892". This new database can be found at This is our first database which uses the Romanian alphabet. Our Daitch- Mokotoff Soundex algorithm has been enhanced to account for Romanian diacriticals (i.e. the letter "t" with a cedilla has the "ts" sound"). Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People (CAHJP) http://www.orthohelp.com/geneal/sefardim.htm Diplomatic Representation in the US Chief of Mission: Ambassador Mircea Dan Geoana, 1607 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008. Phone: (202) 332 4846, 4848, 4851; Fax: 1 202 232 4748; Consulate (s) General: Los Angeles and in New York. Diplomatic Representation from the US: Chief of Mission, Ambassador James C. Rosapepe. Embassy: Strada Tudor Arghezi 7-9, Bucharest, American Embassy Bucharest, Department of State, Washington, D.C. 20521 (pouch) Phone; (40) 1 210 01 49 210 40 42; Fax 40 1 210 03 95; Branch Office: Cluj-Napoca East European Genealogical Society Site with a lot of information http://www.GateWest.net/~eegsi/ Embassy Addresses
Chancery of Romania is located at 1607 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008; Phone 1 202 332 4846, 4848, 4851 FAX: 1 202 232 4748.
List of Romanian Embassies
US Embassy: Strada Tudor Arghezi 7-9, Bucharest. Mailing address: American Embassy Bucharest, Department of State, Washington, DC 20521-5260 (pouch) Phone: 40 1 210 01 49 210 40 42 FAX 40 1 210 03 95. A branch office is located in Cluj-Napoca Family Tree Dr. Zisu Lebel's Genealogical Tree -
http://carpatho-rusyn.org/villages.htm Fusgeyers A German term usually applied to the Romanian Jews who walked for hundreds of miles to Hamburg. They walked in groups, sometimes whole families walked together. Gura Humorului Jewish Community History of Romania Available at a wonderful web site at http://home.sol.no/~romemb/history.htm#MIDDLE History of Romanians Very complete and informative site http://domino.kappa.ro/guvern/istoria-e.html Jewish Community Federation of Jewish Communities in Romania Jewish History of Romania There is a great deal of information about the History of the Jews of Romania at this site The Jews of Romania - is a virtual exhibition sponsored by Beth Ha'tefutsorth explaining Romanian Jewish culture, Jewish family life, Holocaust, emigration and community life through this fascinating exhibition featuring on-line by the Diaspora Museum. You will find interactive maps, beautiful graphics and audio/video files. There is a clickable photo gallery that showcases the Romanian Jewish experience through time. Linguistics The letter "K" is a non-Latin one, but an Anglo-Saxon letter, therefore "deep" Romanian words shouldn't be written with a "K", but with a "C" instead according to Alex Finkelstein. He further states that the same observation is true about the letter "Y". This is a left over from the Austro-Hungarian period.
Maps Art Source International offers antique maps, prints and globes at Art Source International Global Gazetteer is a great web site. It is a directory of 2,880,532 of the world's cities and towns, sorted by country and linked to a map for each town. A tab separated list is available for each country. Maps covering the Romania/Moldova Region - Transylvania-Eastern Hungary - Austro-Hungarian Empire 1882 Maps of Romania ShtetlSeeker - locate your town (shtetl) - http://www.jewishgen.org/shtetlseeker/loctown.htm
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~romwgw/ Music - "A Mazeldiker Yid: Old time Klezmer From East Europe" Klezmer still lives in the mountains of Romania where Di Naye Kapelye with Mihaly Sipos and Peter Eri of Muzikas compile a lively recording using folk instruments such as the cimbalom. Music is part of our heritage so listen at Professions - List of - Don Seligman has created a database of professions
Research in Romania
Professional Researchers - the Special Interest Group for Romanian Jewish Genealogy offers a wonderful informational site about dealing with professional researchers at Alexander Dunai - professional researcher dunai@iname.com (located in L'viv, Ukraine) Professional genealogical researcher, Professor of Jewish History at the University of Cluj-Napoca, Ladislau Gyemant, PhD communicates in English Phone 011 40 64 167256 or e-mail gyemant@zortec.ro Gheorghe Mireuta - professional researcher ram@sisnet.ro Ladislau Gyemant, PhD - professional researcher gyemant@zortec.ro Romanian Interest Site - Haifa Internet - Romanian Newspaper Links Romanian Web based Newsletter - Romania Special Interest Group (ROMSIG) The countries known today as Romania and Moldova, as well as the southwestern portion of Ukraine and Southern Hungary are the areas of interest. Included in these countries are the areas formerly known as Bucovina, Moldavia, Bessarabia, Transylvania, Walachia and The Banat. The site includes Photos, links. "All Romania Database", which can be found at The database is still in its infancy but will continue to grow. ROMSIG provides a 'full service' home on the web which includes a complete table of contents for each issue; an archive link; a database of all towns in Romania, Moldova and southern Ukraine, showing latitude/longitude, alternate names and all towns within a selected distance of a specified town - and more. Rosanne Leeson Leeson1@attglobal.net along with Paula Zieselman are Co-Coordinators of ROM-SIG and welcome suggestions or photos and materials to be added to the site. Romanian on-line Phone Directory (in English) Yellow Pages - Search Engines for Romania Sephardic Jewish Community of Romania Slavophilia - a comprehensive guide to Internet resources on Russia and Central/Eastern Europe Street Name Meanings:
Thanks to Alex Finkelstein Alex.Finkelstein@mail.biu.ac.il who provided the Street Name Meanings and other Romanian information. Struma Tragedy - this is the rickety old ship with 789 Romanian Jewish refugees (all of whom died including 103 children except for one that lived) that was sunk either by a Russian sub or a mine, near Istanbul in the Black Sea on February 23, 1942 (story is in English) The refugees left the port of Constanta, Romania (the last ship to leave Germany carrying refugees who were bound for Palestine) were trying to reach Turkey or Palestine, but didn't have Visas for either country although the fare was to include Visas for Palestine. The boat was in very poor condition and was denied entrance to Istanbul. The boat was being towed away from Turkey and into The Bosporus sea by a tug, since its engine was not working. There were only five survivors and three of those died in turkey. The British government of the day steadfastedly refused them visas to Palestine as illegal entrants of an enemy country. The local Turkish community helped feed the passengers during the 70 days that the ship remained in the port. The British authorities in Palestine had set tight limits on Jewish immigration. The British transferred the Struma's passengers, along with those of two other boats, to another ship, the Patria, intending to send them to detention in Mauritius. According to a story in the February 2003 issue of Hadassah Magazine, a Haganah bomb, meant to keep the Patriah from leaving for Mauritius, sank the ship. "Death on the Black Sea" about the Struma. A very comprehensive list of the passengers is included. You may purchase this book through my link with Amazon.com to your left on this page. Translation Service A commercial site offering many language translating programs http://www.worldlanguage.com Translating Services - Click Here Just in case you didn't think of it, contact a nearby university or college's foreign language department. They may offer to write letters and translate letters into English. A nominal fee is usually charged. Traveling through Romania Personal Stories - very interesting site Yizkor Books
http://www.aboutromania.com/maps00.html Shtetls of Romania - To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania Judete is the present name for the administrative subdivision - In the near future, the about 40 'judete' (counties) are going to become 8 "regiuni" (singular: regiune) meaning regions, as a request prior to the acceptance of Romania into NATO and other European organizations.
Note: Moldova is today the northeast area of Romania, but is also an independent state from USSR (CCCP). Both areas together, represent the original Moldova, prior to 1940 as Romanian area. Corrections and this statement were contributed by Alex.Finkelstein@mail.biu.ac.il Alba Iulia - Arad - Azuga - Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania Baia Mare - Balaceana - some of the pages of this Yizkor book "Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina" for this shtetl can be viewed at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bukowinabook/bukowina.html Banat Region - a collection of oral histories by Jews living in this region, located in southwestern Romania, has been published. "Rescued Memory: The Jews of the Banat Yesterday and Today," the fruit of four years' work is the latest volume in a series of anthropological and oral history research conducted by the Third Europe Foundation, based in the city of Timisorara. About 12,000 Jews lived in the region before WW II. Only about 400, mainly elderly, remain there today. Beius - known previously as Belenyes - there were Jews living here at one time. Berlad - there was a Jewish presence prior to WW II. Berzen - near the border of Moldova. For a map of the area Bihor County - Coordinator is Fran Meng http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html Bivolari There is a Yizkor Book ("Ayaratenu Bivolari" - Our Town Bivolari)) and there is/was a Bivolari Immigrants Organization in Israel in Haifa Bocicoiu Mare (Romanian Byhkov) Maramures County.
Cemetery website - To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania Botosani A most important Jewish settlement - not as a county, but as a city. http://web.mac.com/ruthellengruber/iWeb/general%20site/Botosani%20photos.html Braila There was a substantial Jewish Presence before WW II and located at the mouth of the Danube. http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.eeurope.romania.braila/47/mb.ashx Brasov The second largest city in Romania. David Gordon dgordon@interaccess.com offers to make copies of photos he has taken of six synagogues Breaza - Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Brebu - Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Brichany http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Bucurest/Ilfov County - Coordinator - Shana Lipsker http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html
Bucharest (Bucuresti) Capital city. This was the capital of one of the 3 principates (Valahia) prior to 1859. It is believed to have been founded in the late 14th century by a shepherd named Bucur. The city later became a residence of the Walachian princes and the name was changed to
Bucharest. In 1859, Wallachia and Moldavia merged and
Bucharest became the capital of Romania. It was once known as the "Paris of the East". http://www.romaniatourism.com/bucharest.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/mystroh/sets/72157608384322057/comments/ http://www1.american.edu/dlublin/travel/bucharest3.html Buhusi Located in
Bacau province, had a population of 8,198 in 1948 and was located on a railroad line about 20 miles southeast of
Piatra Neami. It was a woolen and textile manufacturing center and also did oil refining, distilling and manufacturing of candles and cheese. Ruth Gruber's "Jewish Heritage Travel" writes that it was a noted Chassidic center headed by Rabbi Isaac Friedman of the Ruzhyn Dynasty and still has its 'marvelous' synagogue which is well maintained although it was vandalized in the 1980s. Burdujeni There is an article ("Memories of Burdujeni") by Ruth Goldsmith http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/suceava/burdujeni.htm For additional information about this region located in Bukowina, Click here Busteni
Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania - http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Camaras A small village where 126 Jews died in WW II. There is a cemetery which has a monument dedicated to those who were slain. Carnatin (Poeinile de Sub Munte, Havas Meso) - To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Cetatea Alba, city, Odessa Oblast (province) located in southernmost Ukraine. In Turkish it is known as Akkerman and in Russian as Belgorod-Dnestrovsky. There is a lot of historical information available at Cheia - Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Cidreag - located on the border where Romania, Hungary and Ukraine meet. It is south of Vynohradiv, Ukraine and north of Satu Mare in Romania. Before, while it was in Austria-Hungary, it was in Ugocsa county in Hungary. Cluj Napoca Discussion List - This the coolest, newest and possibly funniest, discussion list about the Young Romanian Jewish community of Cluj Napoca and also about all the other Romanian Jewish Communities, their activities, their members, and their life, and all regarding it Comana De Jos - Contact George Paltan. There are Regional Special Interest Groups that have Romanian information and links. The site includes links to Bohemia-Moravia SIG, Denmark SIG, German-Jewish SIG, Hungary SIG and Stammbaum - German SIG at http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/W_Europe.html Constanta - was originally captured by the Greeks, followed by the Romans and Turks, and finally by the Romanians, who acquired this seaside resort in 1878. It has since become Romania's most important seaport. The old section is known as Piata Ovidiu. Craciunesti (Karasonfalva, Kretsnif) There is a Yizkor Book http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/121f4/ http://www.pbs.org/jewishamericans/share/immigration.html Craiova - Dolj County To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Czernowitz Ober-Gymnasium Discussion group http://www.sbg.ac.at/ges/people/lichtblau/cape.html http://www1.yadvashem.org/about_HOLocaust/chronology/1939-1941/1941/chronology_1941_37.html Dicanesti Formerly known as Dekanesd Dolj County
Craiova is the county seat. There is a ShtetLinks page that includes, photos, maps and music for
Dolj County at http://parizs.tripod.com/romania/dolj.html Coordinator for Region / District Studies is Bobbi Cohen - Dornesti
"Geschichte Der Juden in der Bukowina (Domesti (Hadikfalva)" from Volume II of "History of the Jews in the Bukowina") - Dorohoi - the county seat, with a large Jewish population. In 1940, before Romania joined WW II on the Nazi side, it was already clear to all in which direction the wind was blowing. The Jews were expelled first from all the shtetls and villages, and then from Dorohoi, as well as from the other medium size Jewish towns in the area, Botoshani. Most of them fled to Iasi (Yass), the capital of Moldova at that time. Falticieni - Focsoni - there was a Jewish presence prior to WW II. Frautii Noi - some of the pages of this Yizkor book "Geschichte der Juden in der Bukowina" for this shtetl can be viewed at http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/Bukowinabook/bukowina.html Galati County Including towns of Baneasa, Beresti-Tirg/Beresti, Galati, Ivesti (commune), Lestetz/Liesti/Lieste, Nicoresti, Targul, Nicoresti (commune), and Tecuci are included in the ROMSIG Galati County Research - contact the Coordinator Ellen Renck - NY Desiree Gil DAGAG123@aol.com http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html Galatz There was a substantial Jewish Presence before WW II http://thisdayinjewishhistory.blogspot.com/2009/04/this-day-april-14-in-jewish-history.html http://uk.geocities.com/imjhsourcebook2/Schwartzfeld2.htm Gura Humorului Suceava County
Gura Humorului is a town located in north
Romania, Suceava County in southern Bukovina. In 1857
Gura Humorului had a Jewish population of 190 souls. In that year also the Jewish cemetery was established. That cemetery was active until 1920. In 1920 the "New" cemetery was established right near the "Old" one, and it is still open today. These cemeteries (the old and the new) have about 2060 graves. Gura Humorului Jewish Community - the aim of these pages is to provide a photographic record and to provide the burial records of the Gura Humorului Jewish cemetery (Romania), and others records from the Jewish community of that town, for the benefit of those genealogists who live some distance away and for the decedents of
Gura Humorului Jewish community http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html "Geschichte Der Juden in der Bukowina" (Gura Humorului, From Volume II of History of the Jews in the Bukowina Romania/Ukraine) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at
The Shtetls of Romania For additional information about this region located in Bukowina, click here Hirlau (Harlau) Pinkas Hakehillot, Romania, vol. 1 http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Pinkas_Romania/rom1_00111.html http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0008_0_08431.html Iasi (Yase) Moinesti Located near the Moldavian border in northeastern Romania. This city was once the capital of one of the three principates (Moldova) prior to 1859. At one time there were 157 synagogues, but now, only one is left and it barely gets a Minyan. This city is also considered the birthplace of the Yiddish theater. A rustic Jewish tavern stood in the city center, facing
Iasi's state theater, and in the late nineteenth century, the city's population was over a third Jewish. Today there are only a few hundred Jews. Iasi County Coordinator for Region / District Studies is Bob Siegel http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html
Located in the Kovno Uyezd. In JewishGen's ShtetlSeeker, there are Yanovo's/Janowa's in Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Russia. There are also many towns named Janow in Poland, including a Janow Podlaski and a Janow Lubelskie. There is even another Yonavo in Lithuania other than the one in Kovno Uyezd - today it is called Jokavai. Ada Green offered a listing of Jonava Societies and Associations associated with the JGSNY Cemetery Project in a message to the JewishGen Digest group Photo by Mike Glazer Lipkany - (Lipkani, Lipkamya, Lipcan) a town located 128.8 miles N of "Lisrod U-Lesaper" (To Survive and Tell); "Kehillot Lipkany; Sefer Zikaron" The Community of Lipkany; Memorial Book) - Lug (Luh) Maramures County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Maramures Region - A Yizkor Book Project is working to translate the Yizkor Book for this area at Maramures County - Coordinator of Region \ District Studies Group is Cherie Korer Marghita - "Sefer Yizkor le-Kehillot Margareten ve-Ha-Sevivah" (Memorial Book of the Community of Margareten and the Surrounding Region) http://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/translations.html Mihaileni (Michaileni) - an English translation of Dr. Zisu Lebel's monograph entitled "My Dear Shtetl, Mihaileni ..." Nagyvarad - 1828 and 1830 List of names from the Memorial Book, Jews of Nagyvarad Neamt County - Coordinator of Region \ District Studies Group is Ruth Gavis http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html Opriseni (Oprischeny) - located near Taraseni (Terescheni and was between Czernowitz and Sereth) Oradea - a Yizkor Book has been updated "A Tegnap Vaross; A Nagyvaradi Zsidosag Emiekkonyvelrve-etmol; Sefer Zikaron le-Yehudei Grosswardein)" (A City and Yesterday; Memorial Book to the Jews of Grosswardein) - Orasu Nou - formerly Ujvaros, Hungary and was in the eastern part of Szatmarmegye (approx. 1878) Orhei (Orgeyev) Moldova - A Memorial to the Jewish Community of Orhei) has updated material available at Piatra Neami - sometimes called just Piatra, had a population of 26,303 in 1948. It was in Bacau province and located on the Bistrita River, 175 miles north of Bucharest. It was noted for many different types of manufacturing and was a departure point to various historic monasteries. Ploiesti (Polesti) - Prahova County. This is a city that is known for its oil refineries. It was bombed by the American Air force. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Prahova County - towns included are: Adunati, Azuga, Baba Ana, Baicoi, Balta Doamnei, Boldesti-Scaeni, Brazi, Breaza, Brebu, Busteni, Cheia, Caresu, Cheia, Cimpina, Comarnic, Cosminele, Dirvari, Draganesti, Dumbrava, Gherghita, Golgata, Gura Valdului, Intre Bisci, Izvoarele, Jugureni, Magurele, Maneciu, Manesti, Mizil, Ploesti, Plopeni, Plopu, Sinaia, Singeru, Slanic, Soimari, Starchiojd, Surani, Teisani, Urlati, Valea Calugareasca and Valea Doftanei Prahova County - Temporary Coordinator of Region \ District Studies Group is Ellen Renck Raciunesti (Kretsnif, Kretsnif Bocicolo Mare (Romanian Byhkov) Maramures County. Cemetery website. Contact Leslie Gyi nee Feig who will provide you with instructions on how to view the site using a special password. The site is on the http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania Radauti - (Radauti-Prut, Radauts, Radautsi, Radautz, Radevitz, Radivits, Radovitch, Radovits, Radoyts) Suceava County. The town is situated just south of Polish Galicia region of Stanislawow and Moldova (ex-Bessarabia) borders on the border Prut River and now the northeastern part of Romania. It was one of the easternmost towns in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Radauti is, in fact, Radauti-Bucovina of northern Romania according to Alex Finkelstein Alex.Finkelstein@mail.biu.ac.il The territory used to be part of the Austrian Empire, but it was not in Galicia. There is a memorial stone for the Jewish community of Radautz with a listing of about 500 names. The society in Israel which erected this stone in 1987, can (in many cases), put you in touch with relatives or friends who contributed the name to the project. The complete list of names from this stone, plus an additional group of about 300 names, is now posted on the Radauti ShtetLinks site and there is a Memorial of Radauti located in Holon, Israel, listing nearly 500 names and possible links to Israel citizens
Memorial of Radauti (Radauti), Romania is located in Holon, Israel listing of nearly 500 names and possible links to Israel citizens. Radauti - According to a knowledgeable source, there are no Bucovina records in the Romania Archives, but rather there are some in the Ukraine Archives. This statement was challenged by Bruce Reisch in an e-mail to me of 10/23/01 in which he states "In my experience, the records to be found in Romania are much more complete than those in the Chernivetskaya oblast.' 'The records for Radauti at both locations are amazingly complete.' 'Birth and death records are available post - 1857 but marriage records are much more spotty.' Radautz - "Radautz in Geschichte Der Juden in Der Bukowina" (Radautz in History of Jews in Bucovina); "Mayne Kinder - Yorn in Shotn Fun Hurbn" (My Childhood in the Shadow of the Holocaust) - Database of more than 250 graduates from the years 1885 - 1896 of the Ober-Gymnasium (secondary school) in Radautz, Bukowina (now Radauti, Romania) - Jewish Cemetery
in Radauti For additional information about this region located in Bucovina, Click here Raducaneni Located in the county Schneer http://www.romanianjewish.org/en/cap2.html http://www.arheo.ro/text/eng/istoricul_inst_eng.html Raseiniai District Research Group http://www.shtetlinks.jewishgen.org/regions.html Ramnicu Vilcea http://www.jewishgen.org/Cemetery/e-europe/rom-p-r.html Ruscova - "Sefer le-Zikaron Kedoshei Ruskova ve-Sobias, Mehoz Marmarosh" (Memorial Book of the Martyrs of Ruskova and Sobias, Marmarosh District) Sadgura - now a suburb of Chernivtsi (Czernowitz) in the Ukraine, Sadgura had been at one time, a small town with a population that was 80% Jewish. A great deal of information is available at this JewishGen website including photos and a trip report Memoirs on the Sadgura ShtetLinks web site recalling life in Sadgura (Bukovina) and Chotin (Ukraine) in the early 1900s. Jack (Yankel) Becker tells the story of his early years in this 1974 oral history - interview with his daughter, Elizabeth Satu Mare County - Coordinator of Region \ District Studies Group is Diane Goldman - Saveni Synagogue Photo courtesy of Robert Mandelbaum Rmandelbau@aol.com
Saveni -
Lalomita oblast, Walachia region. Information about the area surrounding this town is available at Report by Robert Mandelbaum Rmandelbau@aol.com has been made of a contact with someone at the Town Hall. Schwarztahl Located about 20
km south of Gura Humorului. Doug Reckmann
reckmann@teleport.com has an
interest in this village Sculem - present day Sculem is in Moldova Sfatu Georgiu - formerly known as Sepsiszentgyorgy, Hungary now in Romania Sighetu Marmatiei - located in Maramures County Sinaia http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Slanic http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Solotvina Maramures County from Romania and Zakarpatia Region from Ukraine had a historically common development, before the establishing of a country border on the Tisa River, after the twentieth century's World Wars. http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:iZ82hq8hvVgJ:www.are- regions-europe.org/PDF/CC_Other_Initiatives/ Maramures.pdf+solotvina&hl=en Storojinet There is an excellent site for further information about this old Jewish village located near the Carpathian mountains. The site offers old pictures of the Rigler family and pictures of what the town looks like now Haim Cohen's Storojinet Memorial Page Suceava County It is the NNE of
today's Romania, about 25 miles from the Ukrainian border and
about 40 miles from the Moldovan border. Suceava, the town, is
the head of today's Suceava Judete (country) of Romania
formerly the southern part of Bukovina. Bukovina was an
independent Crownland in the Austro-Hungarian empire. Its
northern part is the Chernivetskaya oblast, in today's Ukraine.
It is 221.1 miles N of Bucharest. Coordinator of Region \ District Studies Group is Jerry Silverbush - According to a knowledgeable source, there are no
Bucovina records in the Romania Archives, but rather there are some in the
Ukraine Archives. This statement was challenged by Bruce Reisch in an e-mail to me of 10/23/01 in which he states "In my experience, the records to be found in Romania are much more complete than those in the Chernivetskaya oblast.' 'All of the Suceava Judetel Jewish records prior to approx. 1890 are to be found in the regional archive in Suceava.' 'The post ca. 1890 records are in the local town halls.' For additional information about this region located in
Bucowina, Sibiu - David Gordon dgordon@interaccess.com offers to make copies of photos he has taken of the remaining synagogue's outside from behind a locked iron gate. Sighetu Marmatii - formerly known as Maramoros Szighet. It was never a part of Galician territory, though its Hasidic leaders emigrated there from Galicia during the latter part of the 19th century. Along with them went many Galician followers. There is one synagogue today, whereas before 1944, there were 16 temples and synagogues. The Jewish population today is 75. Before the war, there were over 15,000. Less than half survived the war and those that did either died off in the last 50 years, or they, or their descendants, move to either Israel, US or other parts of Europe. Eli Wiesel's home in the town is now a museum. The Jewish cemetery is in decent shape and the full time caretaker lives across the street from the main gate and has the keys. The City Hall has a very large collection of "Jewish Records" that go well back into the Austro-Hungarian empire days including Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death records and some real estate transactions. Other records may be found in the county seat in Baia Mare. Much of this information was obtained from a written memo to the Jewish Gen Group by Jack Schraeter Dd.H. E-mail schraeter@lakemed.cumberland.me.us The New York Public Library, Jewish Division, has microfilms of a Yiddish periodical published before WW II in Sighet: "Oyfgang" published between 1933 to 1936 in Yiddish. The Call no is *ZAN-*P721. Note that the asterisk in the Call No. is a significant character in the NYPL catalog system and predates the widespread use of the Dewey Decimal and US Library of Congress classification systems. Sinaia - Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania Slanic - Prahova County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania Stefanesti - located parallel with Dorohoi and on the Romanian/Moldavian border. This shtetl had few Jews. There is a monograph about Jewish life in Stefanesti called "Stefanesti: Portrait of a Romanian Shtetl" authored by Ghitta Sternberg and published by Pergamon Press in 1984. Suchostav Region Research Group (SRRG) Coordinator of Region \ District Studies Group is Joan Baronberg - Talmesch - (German: Talmesch; Hungarian: Nagytalmacs; Official: Talmaciu) more information can be found at Targu Mures - Tarteln - (German: Tarteln; Hungarian: Kisprazsmar; Official: Toarcla) more information can be found at Tartlau ( German: Tartlau; Hungarian: Prazsmar; Official: Prejmer) More information can be found at Taterloch - (German: Taterloch; Hungarian: Felsotatarlaka; Official Tatirlaua) More information can be found at Tatsch - (German: Tatsch; Hungarian: Tacs; Official: Tonciu) More information can be found at Tekendorf - (German: Tekendorf; Hungarian: Teke; Official: Teaca) More information can be found at Temisvar There is a
cemetery located behind the Temple Thalheim - (German: Thalheim; Hungarian: Dolmany; Official: Daia) More information can be found at Tisa - Maramures County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Tobsdorf - (German: Tobsdorf; Hungarian: Tablas; Official: Dupus) more information can be found at Tornen (German Tornen; Hungarian: Pokafalva; Official: Pauca) more information can be found at Transnistria - translated it means the land beyond the Nistru (Dnestr River), a province located in southwestern Ukraine and between the Dnestr and the southern Buh. Before WWII, there were hundreds of shtetls, including Mogilev.. Much of the area was in the old Podolia district, Luchynets, Yaltashkiv and Bar. Mogilev and Bar were larger cities and were the sites of mass killings by the Nazis and their Romanian allies. Jews from both Bucovina and Bessarabia were forced across the Dnestr to Transnistria and then murdered. Referenced in "Atlas of the Holocaust" and authored by Sir Martin Gilbert, describes the horrible details of the murder of an estimated 300,000 Bucovina and Bessarabien Jews in Transnistria. Transnistria Death List is a link to a list of victims who died in Transnistria, Romania Trappold - (German: Trappold; Hungarian: Apold; Official: Apold) 15 km south of Sighisoara - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Treppen - (German: Treppen; Hungarian: Szasztorpeny; Official: Tarpiu) 14 km north of Bistrita - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Tschippendorf - (German: Tschippendorf: Hungarian: Csepany; Official: Cepari) located 7 km west of Tarpiu - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Turulung - (Turterebes) located northeast of Satu Mare and very close to the Ukrainian border. When it was in the Tiszntuli district of Ugocsa county, it was known as Turterebes, Hungary. Ugocsa County - a small county between Bereg and Maramaros and quite far from Arad county. Ungersdorf - (German: Ungersdorf; Hungarian: Sajomagyaros; Official: Sieu Magherus) located 4 km northwest of Crainimat and west of Bistrita - more information can be found at Unterporumbach (German: Unterporumbach; Hungarian: Alsoporumbak; Official: Porumbacu de Jos) - located 7 km northeast of Avrig - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Urwegen - (German: Urwegen; Hungarian: Szaszorbo; Official: Girbova) Located west of Miercurea Sibiului and 23 km south of Sebes) more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Urziceni Velykiv Bychkiv (Ukrainian Bychkov) Maramures County. To see which county your shtetl was in, check the searchable database at The Shtetls of Romania http://www.jewishgen.org/Shtetlinks/Romania.html Vicovu de Sus Ruth Gruber has
written a great deal about this small village located near Radauti. It
is still common, in this area, to see horses and carts as a means of
transportation. Viktoriastadt (German: Viktoriastadt; Official: Orasul Victoria) Located 7 km south of
Ucea and southwest of Fagaras - more information can be found at Waldhutten (German: Waldhutten; Hungarian: Valthid; Official: Valchid) - located 5 km north of Copsa mare and south of Dumbravenni) - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Wallendorf (German: Wallendorf; Hungarian: Aldorf; Official: Unirea, Aldorf) - a suburb of Bistrita - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Waltersdorf (German: Waltersdorf; Hungarian: Kisdemeter; Official: Dumitrita) - located 17 km southeast of Bistrita) - more information can be found at Wassid ( German: Wassid; Hungarian: Szaszveszod; Official: Veseud) - located 13 km southeast of Seica Mare) - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Weidenbach (German: Weidenbach; Hungarian: Vidombak; Official: Ghimbav) - a suburb of Brasov - more information can be found at http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Weilau (German: Weilau; Hungarian: Vajola; Official: Uila) - located 22 km north of Reghin - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Weingartskirchen (German: Weingartskirchen; Hungarian: Vingard; Official: Vingard) - located 20 km east of Sebes - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Weisskirch - (German Weißkirch; Hungarian: Kisfeheregyhaz; Official Albestii Bistritei) located south of Bistrita - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Weißkirch (German: Weißirch; Hungarian: Feheregyhaza; Official: Albestii) located 4 km east of Sighisoara - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Werd (German: Werd; Hungarian: Verd; Official: Vard) located 4 km south of Agnita - more information available Wermesch (German: Wermesch; Hungarian: Vermes; Official: Vermes) - located 2 km from Lechinta - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Windau - (German: Windau; Hungarian: Vinda; Official: Ghinda) - located 7 km east of and now part of Bistrita) - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Winz (German: Winz, Unterwinz; Hungarian: Alvinc; Official: Vintu de Jos) located 10 km northwest of Sebes - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Wolkendorf (German: Wolkendorf; Hungarian: Szaszvolkany, Volkany; Official: Vulcan) located 5 km west of Cristian and 8 km south of Codlea) - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Wölz (German: Wölz; Hungarian: Volc, Wölc; Official: Velt) - located north of Medias - more information available Wurmloch (German: Wurmloch; Hungarian: Nagybaromlak; Official: Valea Viilor, Vorumloc) - located 7 km northwest of Motis and 5 km south of Copsa Mica - more information available Yedintsy - located in Briceni County, Moldova Zeiden (German: Zeiden; Hungarian: Feketehalom; Official: Codlea) - located 14 km west of Brasov - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Zendersch (German: Zendersch; Hungarian: Szenaverös; Official: Senereus) located 7 km from Filitelnic) - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html Zied (German: Zied; Hungarian: Vesszöd; Official: Veseud) - located 8 km south of Agnita - more information available Zuckmantel (German: Zuckmantel; Hungarian; Cikmantor; Official: Tigmandru) - located 8 km south of Balauseri and 4 km north of Nades) - more information available http://www.genealogienetz.de/gene/reg/ESE/7burg_tz.html
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