Speaking out in Times of Crisis: Differentiability in Romanian Jewish Leadership, 1938-1944

The Jewish leadership in Romanian territories during World War II sought to change antisemitic legislation, stop deportations, and ensure the survival of the deportees in the camps and ghettos. Unfortunately, they found their communities attacked from various sides and their petitions largely unheed...

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Published in:East european Jewish affairs 2019-09, Vol.49 (3), p.200-219
Main Author: Ploscariu, Iemima
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antisemitism
Antonescu
Camps
Deportation
Federations
Ghettos
Holocaust
Influence
Jewish leadership
Jewish people
Leadership
Legislation
Regionalism
Romania
Transnistria
War
World War II
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Summary:The Jewish leadership in Romanian territories during World War II sought to change antisemitic legislation, stop deportations, and ensure the survival of the deportees in the camps and ghettos. Unfortunately, they found their communities attacked from various sides and their petitions largely unheeded by the Antonescu wartime government. When the Federation of Jewish Communities was replaced by the government-controlled Jewish Center, Bucharest lawyer Wilhelm Filderman and former Federation members found other avenues by which to continue their work. I analyze their major successes as well as their failures in regard to legislation, deportations, and survival of deportees through the different phases of the war to reveal the dominating influence of regionalism among Romanian Jewish leadership.
ISSN:1350-1674
1743-971X
DOI:10.1080/13501674.2019.1718948